https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/ten-minute-dress-refashion • Posted by The Renegade Seamstress
OK, so maybe I HAVE been watching too much Mad Men this summer. BUT THOSE DRESSES!!!! I just can’t get enough! I want one…….
OK, so maybe I HAVE been watching too much Mad Men this summer. BUT THOSE DRESSES!!!! I just can’t get enough! I want one…….
Start with a long thrift store dress. This dress was knit and didn't have a zipper. First look in the mirror and pull the dress up until you get the desired hem length. Mark with safety pins where you would like the bottom of the bodice and the top of the skirt.
Cut 3/4 inch below the new bodice length and 3/4 inch above the new skirt length.
The top will be smaller than the top. You basically cut out the middle.
Right sides together, pin, ease and sew top to bottom. Be sure to match the sides front and back.
Stretch some quarter inch elastic around your waist to the desired tension. Cut and sew onto seam allowance, stretching as you sew to create a gathered look.
Now you could walk right into Sterling Cooper with your steno pad and start taking dictation for Don Draper.
Have fun!