For some silly reason during my college years I left the beautiful California coast (Montecito to be exact) and transferred to a university out in the corn fields of Ohio (I know, beautiful in there own way). Since I ended up marrying that silly reason I guess it was all for the best. The school I went to was quite conservative with a no jeans dress code. So after college I was left with more than my fair share of long wool skirts.
Well now I am back in California to stay,though not in as glamorous a place as before (think the opposite of glamorous and you might guess where I live). I don't have much use for long skirts, so I decided to use one of them to make a new dress for Sophie. I used my
Music Box pattern from Oliver+S. I really love this pattern! It is very easy to follow and works well with a shirt underneath which is really nice in the winter.
I probably could have worked a little harder to make the plaids line up, but since I was working with the skirt there wasn't that much extra fabric to play with. I tried to add some happy details to keep the dress from being too somber. Bright facing and pink thread for the buttons.
Sophie was an excellent model for me. Look at that sweet face!
But when she was done, she was done!
Do you have a re-purposed project that you are especially proud of? If so, tell me about it or put a link in your comment!
I love the little flap pockets on this dress! Might have to copy that soon.... :D
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! The fabric is lovely and perfect for such a sweet little dress - I love how you can just see the lining peeking through.
ReplyDeleteThe plaid fabric is perfect for that gorgeous dress!!! Great job! My favourite upcycle is taking a baby doll t-shirt dress and making it into a bag... http://threadingmyway.blogspot.com/2011/09/from-dress-to-bag.html
ReplyDeleteThis is just perfect, I am inspired to pull some wool out of my stash and do some sewing now!
ReplyDeleteyou did a fabulous job !!! I'm so impressed !
ReplyDeleteI think it looks DARLING! I love the plaid and the faux pockets....well done!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love the bright facings and the faux pockets but the adorable model makes the dress. ;) Nice work!
ReplyDeleteI love this style of dress. I made a similar style dress for my daughter. Its from Lily Burd Studio. But my favourite re fashion is this one where I made 3 pairs of PJ'S from a second sheet. Please check it out...
ReplyDeletehttp://whatsherrymadetoday.blogspot.com/2011/12/matching-nighty-and-pjs.html
This dress is adorable, The model is even more so! Looks like a dress you would have paid alot of money for and plaid in the winter is just oh so perfect!
ReplyDeleteLove the dress!! You did a good job lining up the plaids. I love the pink you added.
ReplyDeleteI featured this adorable dress at this week's Sew& Tell Saturday. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteJustine
This is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI normally wear my clothes until they become rags, so I don't do much repurposing. But I am currently going through a big clear out of mine and my husband's clothes, so I think I will have to set some aside for repurposing.
I sometimes go to second hand stores and buy sheets to use as fabric for other projects. I guess that is repurposing, but I am buying it with that purpose in mind, not using what I already have, so not quite the same thing.