Dress Refashion

22 January 2012

I bought this dress over 4 1/2 years ago. I wore it to the temple the day that I got married. If I recall, it use to look good on me. Minus 15 lbs or so, and a much smaller breast size (thank you nursing!), this dress was starting to look incredibly frumpy. I've been wearing it anyway though, because I don't have very many other options, especially when it comes to fall and winter church clothes. Well, some of our friends just recently got married, and I knew I could not show up to their wedding looking like this, so I whipped out my sewing machine and a pair of fabric scissors and went to work. 

BEFORE:

The first thing I did was lose the sleeves! I wanted to be able to wear this with a cardigan, but the sleeves and the ties on the sleeves always looked lumpy and awkward under tight fitting sweaters. After the sleeves were gone I pulled in the fabric under the arm pit, and lastly, I shortened the length of the skirt. With a cardigan and a belt, it looks a million times better!

AFTER:

I've always been scared of refashioning clothes, but this time I'm glad I took the risk!