83 Days to Go: Stacy R

Jul 28, 2012 | 22 Comments

I’ve been playing with some color mixing/painting/dyeing and when I saw Stacy’s piece, it fit right in with all my work-in-progresses :)   You’ll soon see them here, promise!

Hi Marisa,

I have been a huge fan of your blog for a while now and I have been inspired to do a few of my own remakes (with the help of my best friend Jen who makes fashion accessories, purses, etc. – and who taught me to sew last year).  This piece was adventurous…

New Dress a Day - DIY - Vintage Dress - Stacy Before - 84

Stacy R - Before

Wonder what she’ll do?  I’m loving the sleeves :)

We ended up dyeing it, taking it up a bit, and shortening the sleeves!!

New Dress a Day - DIY - Vintage Dress - Stacy After - 84

Stacy R - After

Voila!  Thanks for the inspiration!

The new color of the dress is awesome – I love the muted flowers now and it has a tie dyed feel!  I must say that I would have totally kept the sleeves, but that’s just me and my vintage/ruffle-trimmed tastes :)   (I have a top that I made from a dress with the same sleeves about 10 years ago that I’m obsessed with – will wear soon to show!)  This really is perfect for summer with those cute capped sleeves too.  Way to rock it Stacy!!

 

 

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  • Cre8soap

    love it !

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michele-Theriot/542429863 Michele Theriot

    Great job
     

  • Busywoman2

    Love the dye job, and the remake! Great dress!

  • Kissem37

    Love the length and the dye job. I did love the sleeves, but I know they can be a bit much for some people :P

  • Nancy McGinley

    This one is gorgeous!

  • Karen

    Open the leftover sleeves up, sew them together, add an elastic waist band, and give it to a little girl. Add another ruffle or two from the skirt leftovers if it is too short.

    • JanF

       What a great idea!

  • Karenclark508

    I never would’ve thought of dying this, but it turned out great!  Definitely a dress I would wear.  Good job!  

  • Janelle

    Turned out very nice,  wouldn’t have thought of dyeing the piece either, I wonder what color she used?  blue?

  • http://www.facebook.com/hidesama Ren Akuma

    I’d have turned it into a jacket… :)  

    • Carole

       Excellent idea. What would you have done? Would you have turned that waistband into a tie somehow? And cut it to hip length?

  • Giniamagers

    I am so impressed! I would have never have thought to die it but that was a brilliant idea! Great work!

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

    I would have been torn on the sleeves, too, and would never have thought of dyeing a print that was already nifty. Nice looking dress as a result!

  • sash

    very nice!

  • Caroe

    Really cool! Such a great idea to dye it! Inspiring transformation. Thanks for sharing it — gives me ideas.

  • Sarah_H.

    So great to see what others are doing!! Love the update here. The sleeves were very pretty, but a bit vintage. I think I would have kept them, but not I remember them from back then.

  • Judy B.

     Dying was a great idea–huge improvement. The end result is very cute.

  • Itsdrucilla

    I would never have thought to die a print like that, but I LOVE the way it turned out! Nice work!

  • Stacy R

    thanks for all the comments folks. This was a fun project to take on, and I was so shocked by how completely different it looked.
    The sleeves were interesting to say the least, but I wasn’t feeling the big poofiness of them. My friend balked when I bought it, since it was such a crazy fabric to start with, but the important thing was it FIT perfectly on top.
    The dye job did mute things nicely from the original crazy print.

  • Allison Woods

    I would have left the print alone, but I see what you were going for and it looks good. Nice job on the fit too.

  • Lovestosew

    Great job!

  • Laura

    Wow so cute, it was such a good call dyeing it I never would have thought of that.