Dress Transformation - From Dowdy to Decent!

  I have a respectable dress that my dear mother gave to me last year.  It's a perfectly good dress but it's very.....matronly.....

Very respectable.....

Without the jacket...
Yawn......

I cut straps off and a little from the arm holes.

I stitched around the armholes to
prevent raveling and made a
1 inch seam at the top
to thread the neck tie through.



I made a tie for the neck
with some old fabric I had.
Then with the same fabric, I
sewed triangular pieces under
the edge of the shortened hem.
For a final touch, I gathered the
skirt slightly at the right knee.































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It's not high fashion but I think it's something that I will wear now!

I challenge you to find something in your closet that you don't like and make a few alterations.  I am far from a great seamstress and if I can up cycle an outfit, then anyone can!