Week 47: Abigail

Mar 7, 2011 | 58 Comments

Today’s dress was a fun package to open…light blue, lace, and Little Bo Peep-y!!  This fell into my mailbox from Miss Abigail in TN.

“This came from a bin of costumes at my church’s thrift store.  Perhaps you can dress up and wear this to a theme party?   Work your magic :)

Week 47: Abigail - Before

Week 47: Abigail - Before

I loved the blue shade. Totally pastel and getting me more into the spring spirit!!  Daylight Savings is next week and I’m counting down the days.  Lose an hour, who cares!!  More sunlight in the evening…woo hoo!!

It’s dress prep time as I have a very important brunch with dear friends.

I’m going short!!  I cut off over a foot of fabric from the bottom of the dress.

Shorten up!

Shorten up!

Before I continued, I took my seam rippers and removed the lace from the bottom.  This will definitely be used at some point.

Lace off!

Lace off!

Next, I removed the fabric that was connected to the lace at the sleeves and removed the lace as well and added it to my leftover pile.

Lace off the sleeves!

Lace off the sleeves!

Originally I was going to add this to the piece, but actually ended up liking the simpleness of the blue.

The excess!

The excess!

Now that my sleeves were done, I took care of making a new hem which was the only other tweak I needed.  Instead of taking the sashes and just tying them in the back, I wrapped them around and made a little bow front and center.  I put my hair in a bun, added a headband and some fun vintage bangles and made my way out to meet my pals.

Week 47: Abigail - After

Week 47: Abigail - After

Met up with the coolest almost three-year-olds I know, AB & OB with their awesome parents P & A.

AB & OB

AB & OB

I was called Princess Marisa, which I will take anytime, and really ran with that title.  I mean I was channeling my inner Cinderella…

Cinderella!!

Cinderella!!

…hanging with my gal A and her awesome Hello Kitty t-shirt.

Princess M & AB

Princess M & AB

We played a little dress up after eggs and blueberry muffins…

Dress Up!

Dress Up!

…and then went outside where O rocked his inner Willow Smith and ‘whipped his hair back and forth’ like a true teen idol.

My dude :)

My dude :)

We went to the American Girl store, got some stickers…

Princess sleeve!

Sleeve O'Princess Stickers!

…tried on some hats and gave a fist pump to the camera.

Fist Pump!

Fist Pump!

A Lakers and Texas Rangers hat on two mini-Red Sox fans for life…unforch all the Boston hats were above their eye level.  Mom and Dad may have to forego the David Ortiz jerseys in favor of Kobe Bryant and Josh Hamilton ones!!

In all
  • Sara

    bellissimo Marisa! Hugs from Italy
    Sara

  • Jammin

    you look so pretty. and the kiddies are adorable! =*

  • Cherry Abel

    <3 the blue bow!

  • Martine

    I love what you did with the dress! It’s so pretty and I love the color! When I saw the after-photo, Cinderella was totally the first thing that popped into my mind :)

    Martine :)
    http://undeniablymartine.blogspot.com

  • Kissem37

    love the bow in the front :)

  • Ashley5ashley

    *mouth open* wow!! just wow! that was such an amazing transformation!!! i love it!

  • http://friendsandfinds.blogspot.com/ Kath

    That turned out great!

  • twinkle

    WOW! Amazing, as you mentioned, that is such a beautiful color. Those kids are adorable and, as always, you rocked that outfit, you look adorable yourself!

    http://www.visiondelmundo.com

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_D4LUAZ22K4PKE3TYIUAL4VCANY Hannah

    OOoo this is soooo pretty! i love the bows, sleeves and color! great job! btw the kids are cute :)

    http://thegirlintheheartglasses.weebly.com/

  • http://amyfashionblog52.blogspot.com/ Amy
  • http://chasingfabrics.blogspot.com/ Jenny Wiola

    Yay :) I think you really surprised us with this one, the re-creation. Actually when I saw the before-photo I couldn’t help but think that it was a hopeless case. You proved me totally wrong. This outfit must be one of my favorites of yours. I love it.

  • http://chasingfabrics.blogspot.com/ Jenny Wiola

    Yay :) I think you really surprised us with this one, the re-creation. Actually when I saw the before-photo I couldn’t help but think that it was a hopeless case. You proved me totally wrong. This outfit must be one of my favorites of yours. I love it.

  • til

    love love love this one.
    and it would also be sooo cute as a party dress worn with heels!
    great work.

  • Katharina

    One of my favorites, too!

  • Kelly

    What a fantastic dress!! I love it.

  • http://www.sewingwithtrudy.blogspot.com Trudy Callan

    It looks kind of groovy and hip.

    http://www.sewingwithtrudy.blogspot.com

  • EBeauty

    I LOVE IT!!!

  • Wom-Mom Ethne

    Cute! Looks like A and O have as much energy as my 3-year-old twins! :) ~Ethne

    http://www.wom-mom.com

  • KimboTron5000

    LOVE the dress, LOVE Hello Kitty! This is one of those dresses, though, that only a woman with your physique could pull off…

  • http://thatuncomfortableitch.blogspot.com/ HeatherC

    This is one of the cutest creations yet. I love the puffy blue sleeves!

  • Paul B

    Marisa – The B family will remember yesterday’s adventure with Princess Marisa forever. As I said at breakfast, you have always been a rockstar to us.

    I was impressed with the dress as soon as I saw it, but now that I see what it started as I offer you a double fist bump for your creativity and unique eye.

    Other than more ugly dresses, never ever change a thing.

    The B’s – AOAPW

  • LucyMarie

    Just curious if you ever plan on doing anything with all the leftover fabric? At this point there must be enough to open your new fabric store :)
    Blessings,
    LucyMarie

  • Margo

    Oh my god… I love that!!! That is the cutest, bestest dress in the world!!!! I want it!!!

  • Dawn

    Totally love it!

  • Cait G

    I LOVE that dress. The color is perfect! Do you sell any of these clothes? I would purchase that in a heart beat. We are about the same size so I know it would fit.

    I think I may have to take my sewing machine out of the closet because I love some of these outfits.

  • Wantchevy1961

    It’s very cute! I always try to guess what you’ll do before I scroll from the first pic. Great minds think alike, cause that’s just what I thought to do!

  • jessica

    this is adorable.
    you look so cute in it.

  • http://lifeoflovely.blogspot.com Elizabeth M

    The dress is almost as adorable as the kids!

  • http://www.happyfamilytravels.wordpress.com happyfamilytravels

    cute is the best word! looks great with your hair pulled back too…

    http://www.happyfamilytravels.wordpress.com

  • A.B.

    What Paul said :) I can’t believe that’s what the dress looked like before. I would never had known!

  • Christina

    OMG! SO SO SO cute!

  • Jpbrandanophoto

    GReat Blog but I have to admit O & A Stole it from the rest. Two future stars all they need is a good photographer!!!!!:)

  • Tami

    Even for you, that is a fabulous switch on that dress! The kids stole this one from you, though…they are adorable!

  • Tami

    Even for you, that is a fabulous switch on that dress! The kids stole this one from you, though…they are adorable!

  • Christysmiles3x

    Before sleeves had more character with the lace; a little plain after. Loved the ties in the front!

  • Immortaldebra

    The kids are precious! It’s funny I said yesterday that you should do a Lolita dress! I think this pretty much qualifies. Very Cute and Girly!

  • Justfacs

    Now this I love!!!

  • Justfacs

    Now this I love!!!

  • Jessipassion

    This is by far my favorite of your transitions! I love the after, seriously. It looks chic, sweet and sophisticated. I adore it.

  • http://clotheyourself.wordpress.com/ kelli

    really really cute! i like this one a lot. my favorite in a while!

  • Keta

    This is one of my favorites… so cute!

  • Nettonya

    Love your almost-three-year-olds!

    My granddaughter looks a lot like your little girl – friend! Nice seeing you all have fun, Ms. PRINCESS!

  • Maggie

    You’d never know it was the same dress!!

    http://tarot-girl.blogspot.com

  • http://twitter.com/deecmf Darlene Fenix

    I love this, Marisa! Very cute sleeves. =)

  • Chef T Johnson

    Cute!

  • Lisa

    Another winner! I love the sleeves and the bow in front! AB and OB are adorable!

  • Laura

    This is SO cute. Love the photo shoots with the kiddies too! : )

  • dosfashionistas

    Less is more….This dress is proof. I personally would have gone with sandels instead of boots, but I’m older than your mother probably. Love what you did with this!

  • saucypan

    Great transformation! Sleek and updated, but with a little Anne Shirley “puffed sleeves” whimsy.

  • Habace

    Press the hem, please. The dress looks great until you see the hem, which looks absolutely dire.

  • Crystal

    I love this look as a whole! The red boots off set the blue great and i really like the small bubble effect of the hem. you are always fab.

  • http://verityclothing.wordpress.com/ Verity Clothing

    How cute! You, the dress, and the kids. Great job refashioning the dress.

  • MYLA

    a mod-princess :) the kids are so adorable and love the princess sticker sleeve. lol

  • http://Krustal.com Krust

    This is one of my absolute favorites so far! I love it paired with those boots. Lovely.

  • laura

    One of my new favorites!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Amanda-Garrett/1080206809 Amanda Garrett

    This is by far my favorite, I love it! And the color is perfect! :0)

  • Jazz

    I have a three year old daughter who adores all things Disney Princess…Miley’s favorite is Cinderella…this dress was..”just like Cinderwellas dress!”..lol..I think it came out completely FAB!

  • Tess Mata

    this looked gorgeous and you look gorgeous with the dress! good job as always ^__^