BEFORE:
What I look for when I’m shopping at thrift stores with the intent to refashion, is the color of the fabric, the fabric itself, and features that I really like, such as pleats on the skirt part of this dress. I really like this teal green color and don’t have any dresses this color, and the fabric seemed sturdy and easy to work with, and the pleats & lace I loved the details of. Shoulder pads, giant collars, and the old buttons were not on the list. 😉
Directions:
I took out the collar, the lace, the buttons.
Separated the front and the back piece to get rid of the waste part of the dress.
cut the sleeves off and made it into short sleeves.
cut off the tear drop part of the lace.
sewed the lace onto the hem of the sleeves. It was the perfect length!
The After:
dress: DIY
necklace: ChloeDavidLA c/o
heels: Thredup
What you’ll need:
– outdated dress
– matching thread
– needle or sewing machine
– scissors
– pins
Directions:
1. Take off the lace, the collars, and the buttons.
2. Separate the front and back piece of the dress.
3. Cut off the waist part and sew the top & bottom back on.
4. Sew the front and the back piece back together.
5. Take off 3″ from both sides of the dress.
6. Cut the bottom of the dress to make it knee length. Hem the bottom.
7. Cut the sleeves off, cut it into short sleeves, pleat the shoulder part of the sleeves, and sew the sleeves on.
8. Sew on the lace onto the bottom part of the sleeves.
9. Sew the v-neck line higher.
Estimated time: 2 hrs.
Budget: very low(mine was $9).
Skill level: A confident beginner to intermediate .
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This only took you two hours? It looks amazing. I am so so envious that you have mad sewing skills, mama! Great job on it 🙂
Linh
http://abeautifulrawr.com
LOVE this! You did an amazing job! I can't even recognize it was the same dress!
And I love the store's message! So great!
Alyssa
http://creativeandcurly.blogspot.com/
This is amazing Sarah! Great job~
That is awesome, you are so clever. I especially like the way you reused the lace.
Amazing refashioning!!! And the colour really suits you, great choice!
Wow good job I love this colour and have some shoes in it.
Amazin refashion, Sarah! You have a great sense of fashion and I am amazed of the outcome. So pretty dress! I was reading your last post yesterday and was thinking to myself what can come out of that rather ugly looking dress. I lack imagination obviously. Wow!
wow,amazing creation!! i wish i can sew!! you did very good job..
xo josephine c.
http://www.joselovincolors.com
What a beautiful refashion! I really love all your tutorials. Congratulations!
Great job on the dress! 🙂
Love this!
It is amazing what you did with that dress. My mom has tons of those dresses and never wears them anymore. Maybe we should try this.
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awesome ideas. great job.
This is amazing. You are talented with the needle and thread.
This is so cute, great idea!!
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oh my gosh, that green dress. you are so GOOD!
b
Wow…what a great transformation !! Love it !!
Great job. You are very talented.
This is amazing! Shared here 🙂
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Great job! That dress looks so nice on you. 🙂 I have few vintage pieces in my closet that need a little re-work, will definitely keep your tips in mind.
xx Satu
Indie by heart
My jaw seriously dropped! Amazing job refashioning that dress!
Great refashion!!!!!!! I love how you put the lace on the sleeves! Cute!
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You've got a great eye for spotting the potential beauty in less-than-cute items. It's quite the transformation. Thanks for linking it to the Craftastic Monday party at Sew Can Do!
You are a master. Love the results. Vising from Monday Funday!!
So beautiful. You do have the knack!
Your refashion is beautiful. I'm in awe of people that can see the potential in stuff like that. I don't have the imagination I guess.
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Jill @ Creating my way to Success
You have brought new hope for the discarded dresses of the 80's!
I love that you even repurposed the lace from the original dress instead of buying new lace.
What a gorgeous makeover! The color of that dress is so beautiful, but you couldn't hardly notice it before. Love it! 🙂 Lisa
Wow, thank you for this wonderful postcard. And you look simply amazing in these dresses and your hair style. I love your style. you are definitely perfect in shape. Clothing Stores for Juniors
Very nice!