Heathyr's NDAD Creation

Heathyr sent me an amazing remake that I couldn't wait to share! Her style is right up my alley and the easy tweak she made to her vintage dress will make you want to do the same thing! Check out what she did...

Hi Marisa! I bought this $10 dress for a 40's party. I'm not a huge fan of red, but it works and it kind of reminded me of the dress from PS I Love You. Plus, it has pockets! Nothing like pockets!

I wore this dress to the party, but knew I would never wear it again as is.

What will Heathyr turn this into???

I went through many tries - first I shortened the sleeves, then I tried taking the collar off. I even tried making it a strapless dress but nothing was quite right.

Eventually I cut length off the bottom and saved that piece. I cut just around the elastic waist to turn this into a skirt. (I love a circle skirt!!) Then, instead of turning this into your run of the mill circle skirt, I decided that I could give it a high/low hem. I used the part I cut off the bottom to make a new waistband.

It came with a belt and I think it still works to wear it with or without the belt. All in all, I'm happy with how it turned out even though there were many changes along the way! :)

Heathyr, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this!!! But, what a gorgeous way to reinvent this dress into a fabulous skirt that you'll wear on the regular. PS,the use of b/w to color in your before and after shots was genius.

Remake: Pleated Floral Polyester Dress

So, I scored this fab polyester dress a few months back and finally decided it was time to get to work!

There was a fun sash going on 'round the neck...

...as well as some big n'baggy sleeves.

How shall I SUMMERize this dress?

I began by trimming the pleated portion of the dress at the waist.

What I found after I removed this ruffled portion...

...was this extra dress layer!

However, the fabric of the top portion of the dress was facing wrong side out. To amend this situation, I thought I'd turn this into a ruffle to hang over the top of this new shirt!

Before getting ruffle-y, I pinned a new section of the waist to add elastic into. The current waist was SO stretched out that it needed a little help. I pinned...

...I sewed...

...I added new elastic...

...and then folded over my new ruffle.

From too big dress to fun, cinched waist, new top!!

I think this could work as multiple garments. A very short dress, perfect as a beach cover up, could be next on the agenda!

I added a pair of my favorite worn in Gap jeans, a pair of BCBG pumps that I've had for years, and a vintage frog belt.

I was surprised by a quick sprinkler party in the neighborhood as I was shooting...

...which was actually super surprising because we're supposed to be cutting back on water usage because of the drought that we're in, here in SoCal!

I have more plans for this piece. I'm going to try to see how many times I can repurpose this guy!

Crazy Weekend Site Activity!!!

You guys, I'm SO sorry for all the site issues all weekend. Thank you for all of the emails and shout outs on Facebook/Instagram - it seems like everything is back up and rolling! That makes me feel like this on the outside...

...and this on the inside!!!

Full week of posts to come and giveaways (and winners!!) to share. You guys are the best!! xo