Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Flower Power


Here is the refashion of the vintage dress I got on the weekend. I'm going to be wearing it on Saturday night for a dinner. Love it!

To start it was incredibly short and too wide for me. No way I would wear something that short. When I purchased it I was thinking I might turn it into a tunic to wear over pants, but something else evolved.



First I unpicked and removed the tie around the neck, which wasn't really my style.



Luckily, it had a huge hem, which was sewn only into the inside of the fabric, so it didn't show on the outside. This gave me about 2 inches extra length when I let this down.


Each side got at least an inch chopped off it and taken in.


I opened up the ties.


Then I sewed them together into one continuous strip. I then added this to the bottom of the dress for another extra couple of inches of length.


There were a couple of holes due to old age.


So I used these tiny scraps from the tie to make some patches. One at the front and a couple at the back.


Here's a patch close up.

 I'm very happy now. The hemline is slightly asymmetrical as I decided to go with the way the tie was angled.



You can see the flower patch at the front in this one.


8 comments:

  1. Love this refashion and especially the quirky hemline. It looks retro but very fresh and totally wearable. Well done.

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    1. Thanks Mezzy. I love it and can't wait to wear it. I had no idea what was going to happen when I bought it so I'm really happy it turned out like this.

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  2. Good job! Love the clever new hem.

    Joyce

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  3. It looks great - good find on that dress.

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  4. I saw this on Refashion Co-op and hopped over to see more details. I'm so glad I did or I would've missed the fun hemline and cute patches! Designer details is what they are. :o)

    www.dressupnotdown.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks so much. I love the little hemline too. Can't wait to wear this on the weekend.

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  5. Sharon,

    The dress looks adorable on you. I love the idea of creating a patch to cover up tears! Will have to try it out soon.

    Jane

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