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Refashion Runway DIY: Oversized Dress-suit to an Asymmetrical Dress

~ REFASHION RUNWAY, SEWING

As we come to a close of this wonderful competition of Refashion Runway, I’d like to thank Beth for hosting and answering my endless emails. I was probably the most high-maintenance contestant with my incessant emails! But she was always so quick to respond and patient in answering each of my questions. I think she’s going to really miss my emails after this is over, right Beth? πŸ˜‰

Okay, now let’s look at my last challenge, the Asymmetrical Challenge, shall we?

 

BEFORE:

 

 

This dress used to be a faded light pink. I wanted to make it blush pink so not thinking too much of it, I grabbed the Petal Pink Rit Dye and poured half of the bottle(per instruction) and soaked the dress.

 

But it turned into like a Barbie pink! So I went to the store again to buy the color remover and after researching how to make blush pink(you need petal pink + lemon yellow), I put it through the wash cycle. Well, it didn’t remove or lighten the color one bit! So freaking out a little bit, I poured a ton of bleach in water(1:1 ratio) and thankfully the color started to come off.

 

I was able to dye it into a blush pink finally. I poured 1 T. petal pink + 1/3 T. lemon yellow in a big bowl.

 

Then I went to the store the 3rd time to get a zipper. So while I started working on this dress this past Tuesday, I didn’t actually start sewing(since the dyeing process took a lot longer) until 4 pm. on Friday, the day it’s due. The story of my life!
I took apart this dress and reconstructed the whole thing. I cut out the zippers, cut the dress in half diagonally, added darts on the bodice and the skirt. took several inches off the sides of the bodice and the skirt,

 

 

 

 

 

I used the suit and the extra fabric from the skirt to make the ruffle floral design. My dress is linen which frays a lot so I used fray check to put it around the edges of each ruffle and after it dried, I cut the fray off with the scissors, to get the smooth, fray-free ruffles.
AFTER:
Oversized thrift dress suit refashion

 

Oversized thrift dress suit refashion

 

Oversized thrift dress suit refashion
Oversized thrift dress suit refashion

 

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Oversized thrift dress suit refashion DIY

 

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Oversized thrift dress suit refashion ideas
Craftsmanship wise, this dress is the best out of all of my projects for Refashion Runway. The fit is perfect since I deconstructed every part and made my own pattern that fit my body perfectly. I am a perfectionist when it comes to sewing and am very hard on myself but I can proudly say this dress is well made! And the true color is shown in the last 4 pictures, it’s a very pretty blush pink. It took me 4 tries and re-dyes to get to this perfect shade of pink I was looking for.
So there it is. My last project for this competition. It’s a sweet-bitter feeling! Thank you so much for letting me stick around this far and thank you for going along this journey with me, it has meant so much for me.
And now, I CAN RELAX!!! PARTY TIME!!! Seriously, I feel like I need to celebrate for surviving the past 6 weeks of nervousness, anxiety, and stress. Yesterday I was randomly texting my girlfriends saying I’m done! I’ll take you out to dinner to celebrate! I was telling my kids, mommy is done! Let’s go do something fun tomorrow! Let’s celebrate! And I might have done a happy dance too. But I will never tell. πŸ˜‰

 

 

 

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Comments

  2. Kathy W. says

    This is a stunning transformation! What's interesting to me about your designs is that to my eyes they almost never conformed to the spirit of the challange, yet each garment was very well done. I think there's no question that you'll win. Best of luck.

  4. Accidental Seamstress says

    Although the Barbie pink was pretty fabulous, I'm glad you persevered until you got the petal pink color you wanted πŸ˜‰ It definitely complements the dress! I'm amazed at your dresses every week! I'm with Kathy W. on this: Your interpretation of the challenge is always outside the box. And, I mean that in the best way possible! It's fascinating how different people can take the same concept and make something completely & uniquely different. True creativity! Maybe you can post a tutorial on the ruffles so some of us *cough cough* can copy the look ;———-) (That's a slow wink emoticon, by the way). πŸ™‚

  14. The Fashann Monster says

    Umm wow, I spent five minutes trying to work out what the hell was going on between the two dresses until I scrolled down & saw that you dyed it & TURNED IT INTO A FREAKIN’ MASTERPIECE! So much skill! I can’t even thread my sewing machine so I’m totally jealous of how amazing you are right now! Good luck & I hope you win!

    TFM BLOG

  20. rae lovefromberlin says

    This is ridiculously amazing. I mean the blogosphere is full of great stuff but really in terms of fashion is this one of the best posts I have seen in a LONG time. You are so talented and you have totally transformed this dress. Wish I had your skills.

    Rae | Love from Berlin

  21. rae lovefromberlin says

    This is ridiculously amazing. I mean the blogosphere is full of great stuff but really in terms of fashion is this one of the best posts I have seen in a LONG time. You are so talented and you have totally transformed this dress. Wish I had your skills.

    Rae | Love from Berlin

  22. Sagan says

    Gorgeous! You did an amazing job with this dress. This is inspiring me to go through some of my old clothes and see what I can do with them… πŸ™‚

  27. Kirsten says

    You are AMAZING! I totally do the same thing – working on things last minute, but hey, looks like you work well under pressure! Keeping my fingers crossed you win!

  37. Shanice Bannis says

    Awesome post! I would love to invite you to my new link party The Beautifully Creative Inspired. The party launched today and will continue every Fridays at 9AM eastern time on 5 BLOGS! It runs until Wednesday night πŸ˜€ Hope you can party with us!

  42. inna says

    This looks amazing, people (meaning I) would actually buy this at a store and it looks expensive. With colors in black or gray it would look great for work and for transition to dinner, cocktails, etc. In white, I could easily see this being a dress to wear for a City Hall wedding! Great work!

  45. M says

    Gorgeous!! You are so talented and hard-working. Thanks for sharing your amazing work with us!!!

  49. Natalie says

    That’s really beautiful you’re so skilled. I was just wondering where do you purchase your dye and is it safe to use indoors?

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