173 Days to Go: Amy’s NDAD Creation

Apr 28, 2012 | 27 Comments

Today’s remake comes from Amy F. in Southern Maryland…I love her story!!

I saw on your blog that you had a few people who sent in there thrift store revamps and I just wanted to send in mine.  I just wanted to say thank you so much for doing what you’ve done on your blog.  It has given me the courage to attend sewing lessons and go to thrift stores to revamp things into beautiful creations.  I have always thought I hated fashion but in fact, I love fashion…I just hate shopping.

I feel you – the shopping process can be arduous at times, but the fashion aspect totally rules!

I am somewhat curvy and lots of things I like are too much out of my price range but the things that are in my price range just seem plain – and don’t always fit me correctly.

Here’s Amy’s before…

New Dress A Day - Reader Creation - Amy Before

Amy - Before

Let’s see what she did with that black and white piece!!

I cut off the sleeves and made the dress shorter and then hemmed it all up.  Two easy steps and she got this beauty…

New Dress A Day - Reader Creation - Amy After

Amy - After

Hello gorgeous!!  Amy, you look amazing :)

I wanted to send this to you because I thought it looked insanely close to one of your revamps. 

I knew exactly which one this reminded her of because it reminded me of it too!!  Back during my first year of blogging – Day 239, summer, the return of Mad Men ’10.   Refresher shots below!

New Dress A Day - Day 239 - Vintage Mad Men Dress- Before

Day 239 - Before

New Dress A Day - Day 239 - Vintage Mad Men Dress- After

Day 239 - After

Without you I don’t think I would have seen the potential is this gorgeous dress.”

Amy, those words are music to my ears – I love what you did and can’t wait to see more pieces!!

In all · Reader Creations
  • http://kpmattingly.wordpress.com/ Kati

    She did a great job! Much better dress!

  • Kissem37

    she looks ready for a summer wedding! great job :)

  • Gini

    Thank you for sharing these stories. I love your blog and I love seeing what others have been doing. I have not tried to modify anything yet, I’m too chicken, afraid to mess things up… I have hope though, one day, I will do it too (and I’ll send it to you!)

    • newdressaday

       Do it Gini!!  Start off with something you don’t care about to test the waters…you’ll be comfortable in no time!

      • Gini

         Thanks for your encouragements!

  • Lauraly

    Amy…gorgeous piece! Marissa your piece is brilliant too. Love this blog!

  • sue kol

    Great job on the redo Amy! and Marissa too :D

  • sash

    nice remake, both of them.

  • http://cdocreating.blogspot.com/ Christie

    nice – both of you!

  • Lynn McNeill

    VERY NICE! such great inspirations!!

  • Anna Puddles

    way to go great project

  • diana

    i hope she saved the left over material..looks like she has enough to make a skirt..

  • Laura

    Wow, Amy did such an amazing job with this dress and she looks fantastic! 

    Great job girlie, 

    xoxo, 
    Laura

  • http://www.fragrancearise.wordpress.com/ Caitlyn

    Celebrate with me– after seeing pics of my own thrift and t-shirt reconstructions on FB, a friend told me she’s going to give me THREE BIG BAGS full of clothes from her aunt! I cannot WAIT to get my hands on them!

    • newdressaday

       What?!?! You totally scored Caitlyn!  I’m poppin’ the bubbly now :)

  • Tollyfaye

    Very Pretty!!

  • Violet Baudelaire

    This is totally cute. I will definitely try this easy fix. I usually steer away from the dress racks at my local charity shops, especially since I’m fairly short. But with this little trick I can make my own creations!

  • Cathryn

    Great job, Amy!

  • http://twitter.com/jodywallace Jody Wallace

    Great revision choices — goes well with the shiny hair :)

  • lc

    Fantastic Amy!!  You do not seem like a beginner.
    Marisa, thanks for bringing us all together!  I love my NDAD friends!

    • newdressaday

       Yay!!  I love you guys too!!

  • Vanessa

    OMG!!!!  Absolutely gorgeous!  As a curvy woman myself, I would definitely snag that off a store rack in a heartbeat!  I definitely need to take up some sewing and revamping, that’s beautiful.

  • Lent

    Very nice!  Love what you did with the dress, Amy!  I have the same problem fitting into dresses.  You did an amazing job.  :)

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

    Fabulous! 

  • JunoB

    LOVE the ‘after’-very cute, stylish, flattering–seriously, I want it!

  • Allison Woods

    Fantastic. Now rock the crap out of it with some slammin’ accessories!

  • David Preston

    What a wonderful transformation!