Friday 8 April 2011

Dress to tunic top refashion


This was a UK size 20 dress in the local charity shop. It is a silk cotton mix and the fabric feels lovely, it is also lined in cotton. I liked the pattern and colours and bought it. Though I am not sure about the fabric if it is too old lady or not, I just cannot decide. So I am wearing it and then I will decide!

The first thing I did was to trim the sleeves, cutting off the edging bands. Then I altered the dress to be a tunic using my Amy Butler Anna tunic as a shape and size guide. I drew round the Amy Butler tunic on the inside of the dress using tailor's chalk to show my stiching line. Then I trimmed away the excess fabric after sewing.

I am hoping this will be a good top for summer.

5 comments:

  1. This is a great re-fashion i love the material! Hope you have a lovely weekend xx

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  2. I think it looks great - not old lady at all!

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  3. OOo it looks so much better after your refashion. It's got a really cool summer look to it - lovely with red cardi too. x

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  4. What a great, easy refashion! I've been chopping off some of my dresses into tops lately, too -- what a fast and fulfilling project :)

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  5. Wow,This one is great and wonderful design of tunic dress and styles.I like this nice tunic dress styles.I like this modern patterns of dress and color of tunics tops.

    Tunic Tops

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