The Red Dress

If you haven't taken a peek at refashionista.net, shame on you! Jillian is UH-MAY-ZING, a true refashion wizard. I saw a pin awhile back that led me to her site and I was so impressed, amazed, and inspired to start doing my own refashions, but I just didn't have the time.

UPDATE: Yours truly has been featured on ReFashionista! Click here!

But then I found THE dress at my local Goodwill. Even on the rack, I knew it was shapeless and 80s, but I absolutely loved the pattern. (I'm obsessed with polka dots. It's probably unhealthy how much I am.) This pattern was like a quasi-dot, but it was just great, and I loved the color. (I've been wanting a red dress forever.)

I may look happy on the outside, but what I was really thinking was...

PLEASE ignore my foot tan!

But, I got to work. (Mind you, this project took quite awhile because I would do one thing, then leave it for a few days. And then I changed my mind about what I wanted to do. More on that later.)

You probably couldn't tell from the pics, but there were "pockets"...ew.

Were being the operative word.

So then I snipped...a lot.

I was originally just going to make it into a strapless and cut off some length, but then I thought, You can never have too many one-shoulder dresses. (I, in fact, had exactly zero!) So guess what my dress became?

It doesn't exactly fit, but in my own defense, I:
A) Don't own a dress form,
B) Don't own a sewing machine, and
C) Don't know how to use one anyway!

That's right folks, this was a hand-sewn refash!

I accessorized a little...

Thank you Payless for $10 wedges!

Notice anything about the front? Or, better yet: notice anything about the back?

The front is now the back! How fun!

From drab to fab, I present: The Red Dress.

Happy Refashioning!
-Bee