Sunday, June 3, 2012

Back In The Rotation = New Dress

I stopped wearing this dress months ago because it became a tent, but I loved the fabric so I didn't toss it. Today, I put it on, pinched the sides to see how much it needed to be taken in (5" per side), and went for it. (Great early morning no make-up look, eh?) And now I have another "new" dress.


I was extremely lazy and didn't rip out the hems, just took it in straight down. No one is ever going to see the seam at my armpit, or inspect it (but it does actually line up very nicely), and since I shortened the length 1-1/2", the original bottom hem didn't matter either. I just turned it up and coverstitched on top of it. The hardest part of this project was changing thread color. Hah.


Here's the result. I'm very happy with it and will definitely be wearing it to work sometime this week. I'll also be putting this pattern back in rotation, but will have to recut it smaller before I make it again (Butterick/See & Sew 5593). I'm still experimenting with indoor tripod locations. This is in my bedroom, with yet another mirror that needs to see some Windex action. The dress actually hits right at the knee now but the camera was pointing downward.


For reference, here's the original version on a pudgier me. The difference in my face alone shocks me. :-)


21 comments:

  1. I love it! And you look awesome, no matter what time of the day!
    ~Jamie

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  2. Great redo, and congratulations! It's amazing to see the before and after. You go!!!!

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  3. I feel like in very good company. I've been resizing some of my favs the same way.
    You are looking really great too.

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  4. I'm so impressed with your weight loss and your dedication to keeping it off! Great refashion of an old favorite!

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  5. Wow! What a great addition to the closet. g

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  6. Great refashion job - the dress still looks amazing on you and I can tell from the smile, that you are feeling as fabulous as you look! Bravo.

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  7. You can be proud of yourself! Great job!

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  8. Awesome job - on the weight loss especially, and getting the dress back in service. You look great!

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  9. Wow, this really shows the changes in your weight. You look amazing!

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  10. Love the before and after pix. You are doing GREAT!!!

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  11. Kid you look great! Isn't it nice to be able to re-use/re-size a dress you already have? What a difference a couple sizes make hmmmm? Good for you!

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  12. Looking good girl! Keep up the good work!

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  13. Your dress is a great save and you look marvelous!

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  14. Wow! I wish I could take "myself" in like that.

    It's amazing that you can take that much out and the dress looks great. The "before" picture looked frightful on you in your current size.

    I still can't believe you're unpacked enough to find sewing stuff yet. I'm the worlds slowest. I'll bet you labeled your boxes carefully.

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  15. Instant "new dress" - so cool!

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  16. I have to do the same thing to my dress from this pattern. Thanks for the idea.

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  17. That is an amazing before/after of both you and the dress. Keep it up.

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  18. Just you keep at it. An inspiration to many of us.

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  19. It's actually Katharine in Brussels, not Minoustate, my husband :)

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