Week 5: Muumuu Part II

It's back to finishing up this muumuu first shown a few days ago!

Here's the close up on the fabric...

...and here's where I began tweaking the hem from my hotel room using Liquid Stitch!!

No sewing machine, no problem!

I folded under the glued fabric and let the area dry for 24 hours!  It was perfect timing because I left Dallas to go and visit family in Fort Worth.  My new muumuu was going to be ready to hit the town!!

Before any town hitting, I took the excess fabric that was cut from the bottom of the muumuu...

...and began to trim strips from it in varying sizes.

I twisted them into rosettes and hand stitched the bottoms from coming undone and then began attaching them to the top!!  (You can use safety pins, hand stitching, glue to keep them in place!)

Now my top was ready to hit that town!!

We began the day hanging in the produce section of my new favorite spot...

...Central Market!  Any grocery store with a patio that you can kick up your feet on and enjoy your newly purchased eats while listening to live music has my name written all over it.

Dear Central Market,

Whenever you feel the need to venture west and bring your lovely establishment to Los Angeles, I will be one of the first people in line to enjoy the olive oil pour station, the massive cheese section (the orphan cheese stand rules), as well as the really fantastic DIY/weigh/sticker station by the produce.  I think we'd become good friends.  Seriously.  Maybe even BFFs.  OK, thank you for listening.

xo Marisa

PS, the sample stations that exist in this market of awesome (the lemon cookie crumble gelato is legit) do not mess around!!  I even got reamed by a not-so-friendly elder running the salmon table when I snagged an extra fork from him - I didn't even give him a piece of my mind for not having a sign mentioning this fork crime because of how bliss-filled I felt.

Post market, when I was finally dragged out, we hit up Yucatan Taco Stand for a few of these...

...before bringing our rations home and prepping a lovely dinner that we enjoyed outside in the balmy winds!

My trip has been absolutely wonderful - I've been in Texas more than California the past month, so I feel like an honorary citizen.

I'm going, going, back, back, to Cali, Cali tomorrow but am already looking forward to the next to be determined visit!

Oh and PS, scarf winners will be mentioned tomorrow...don't want y'all to think I'm pulling any April Fools jokes by naming winners on April 1 :)

Week 5: Christine's NDAD Creation

Today's remake comes from Christine in MI! "I am so very excited because I finally finished one of my re-makes after following your blog for over 6 months DAILY!  I have told you before in some of my comments on your blog that you are such an inspiration to many and you really pumped some excitement back into my life!  I started looking in thrift stores weekly (we have some great ones here in Lansing, Michigan) and started several re-makes!  I already was shopping at thrift stores often and when people would compliment me, it was so fun to say, "Thrift Store! $1!"  Now it is even more fun to say, "Thrift store, re-make!"  

So here is my project that I started last fall and finally finished.  When I saw that the spring and summer styles were all about beige colors, I pulled it back out of the pile.

Hmm, what will C's next step be??

I cut the SHOULDER PADS out, cut the sleeves off, cut the bottom off and used it for the belt, Marisa style!  I also sewed in the sides a little bit.  

Hello model!!  My husband took the pictures because it was the first nice day here in Michigan and the day I finished the dress  (That's him below!)  And...that is all of my jewelry that I made in the picture too!  

Check out the gorge necklace Christine made - her dress remake is the perfect piece to showcase the pretty brown bead colors too!

It has been so wonderful following you, that you share with us your tricks and tips for looking stylish on a budget is so awesome! You have such a talent for it and it is so much fun seeing where you go in all of your "new" clothes.  Thanks!"

Christine, what a crafty gal you are!  From the jewelry to the dress...I'm loving it!  (PS, to see more of Christine's beaded baubles, check out her etsy page!)

Week 5: Day O'Muumuus

Greetings from Dallas!! I spent the day on set working with lots of muumuus.  Yep, that's one in my hand below!

I was in a non-remake, vintage, mint green dress that was the exact shade of Rachel McAdams' amazing Vivienne Westwood from The Vow premiere.

The only difference...I scored mine for a buck and hers was well...not a buck :)  There was no new outfit today, however I did begin working on this puppy!

Isn't the pattern fun?

Working out of my hotel room, I began a little deconstructing.  Since I'm sans sewing machine, all the tweaks are going to be hand sew/glue friendly.  Needles and thread came with me on my flight!

The leftovers...

Tune in tomorrow to see the results!!

PS, there's still time to enter yesterday's scarf giveaway!  A winner will be chosen on 4/1!