Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Try it Tuesday!: Rather easy large thrifted dress to much more fun skirt/dress!
So I was inspired by this post from My Girl Thursday on a thrifted dress she bought that was ill-fitted and cut into a high-waisted skirt:
And I bought this for something like $3 at Savers:
She didn't post a tutorial so I tried to figure out this easiest way to make this happen by first cutting the dress straight above the seam from the skirt section. I decided since I'm not awesome at cutting straight I'd keep the old seam there for guidance.
These are a bit dark (oof!...not doing it again...yet), but I pulled up the skirt to a dress height as I discovered I kind of liked that overall. I pinned it tight to be able to keep it up while deciding what to do...
Tried it belted a few different ways...
And then I found a piece of scrap elastic and pulled it around myself to dress height...
And marked it where I pulled it to (a little tight to allow it to eventually hold up the dress). I cut it leaving about an inch extra for stitching it together...
I put the elastic on the wrong side of the skirt and pinned the top of the skirt down over the elastic for a somewhat unprofessional way of getting elastic sewn in later!
I pulled out the elastic then to be able to then sew it down...
And when sewing, left about an inch of non-sewn top to fit the elastic in...
After putting a larger safety pin on the end of the elastic...
Worked to threw it through the new seam...
Until it pulled out the other end...
Not really shown...but then took the elastic edges together and decided to pull them out pretty far to allow me to sew them together with my sewing machine to hopefully have a nice strong stitch holding it together...
The finished elastic sewn in on the back...
A few different ways to wear it!
Someday...I will be that person who can smile slyly at the camera and look all perfect for the sake of blogs...but not today! Yay cat props!
This all in all took a little over an hour because I kept pricking myself with the stupid pins...hence this will be easier if you don't drink wine and try to watch The Good Guys...
xoxo
*Also...while I was in the hospital with my mom and dad last week, I made this month's craft challenge! You should totally try these because they are rather simple and fun...click the photo to follow the tutorial...and let me know if you try them so we can share some sweet photos!
{a braided hex nut bracelet - the gold one picture}
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Wow, nice job! That looks super cute with the belt. Your tutorials almost make me ambitious enough to re-learn to sew. Almost.
Love it!
Ashley-I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!
Well done, not that I need yet another project, but this is going on the list :)
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