So I finally totally finished a refashion that I started ages ago. I had a blue shirt dress which I bought from eBay but was originally from Primark. I went off the style so decided to cut off the bottom and make it into a shirt. Unfortunately I forgot to take any before pictures, because I’m an idiot!
I unpicked the 2 belt loops from the side of the dress and then measured roughly on me where the shirt should finish, adding a bit extra on for the hem. I also replaced the buttons because they used to look like this:
Who would pick that colour button for that colour fabric?!
So I changed them for white ones:
Much better!
This is what the ex-dress now looks like:
And the back….
I know this isn’t the most exciting refashion ever, but it’s turned something I never wore into something I’ve already worn several times! It also has the option of a bow, in the form of what used to be the belt/tie thingy:
Sorry again for the blurry photos – I seriously need to do something about my photos on here. These are the only useable ones out of about 15 I made The Boyfriend take. Maybe I should get a tripod and a decent camera so I can be as vain as I want to and take a bajillion photos without having to impose on someone else to do it.
Hopefully as I get more experienced with refashioning, the more adventurous I’ll become and the more interesting they’ll get. I have several items of clothing I think I’m gong to give to a charity shop, but I’ll have a serious think about anything I can do with them before I do. Has anyone else been seeing all the refashioners on Miss P’s blog? It really shows you what you can do with an ugly, huge garment with a bit of imagination and skill!
Cute! Way to go, as always 🙂
Come check out our Refashion Runway contest on The Renegade Seamstress’ blog 🙂
Xo,
Z
http://beingzhenya.com
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very pretty!
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Aw, thanks! 🙂
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The new buttons look really good on there. 🙂
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Thank you for supplying them! xx
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Adorable! What are you going to do with the bottom part you took off?
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Good question. I’m not sure yet. I’ll see if an opportunity presents itself….
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Oh, I love it with the bow! Cute refash =D
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