Hi Everyone! Time has certainly passed while hubby and I work on our house. I'll post progress photos at a later date. My project today is the transformation of a little girl's sundress into a big girl's apron. I picked up three pretty dresses at a tag sale and worked on this one since I don't know any little girl this size who could wear it.
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I took off the top of the dress to use as the pocket by reversing it, using the top as the bottom, and ending up with an almost finished pocket. I reused the ties. This was fun and used up almost every bit of fabric from the dress.
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Top Of Dress Equals New Pocket
I turned the waistband under and hand sewed a finished edge. The beauty of this is that the apron strings are already in place!! So easy!!
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WaistBand
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New Apron
I moved a little flower from the dress front and pinned it to the pocket. Sorry the flower doesn't show better. (My camera battery is now dead.) Lady Jane, my new dress form, is modeling. The new apron didn't fit Daisy properly for a photo shoot, haha, and I was holding the camera. It does fit me perfectly.
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What a fabulous idea!! That is way to cute!! That is an art to see something and know what it could be! My friend with Cancer is in total remission, she said everyone at chemo wanted a bag!
ReplyDeleteCarol
Can't wait to see your house redo, you must be busy as a beaver!!
ReplyDeleteCarol
Awesome job on the apron. I wouldn't have thought to do that, very clever!!
ReplyDeletethank you for dropping by, I am plum exhausted, but had a great day at the Fancy flea, I sure love crossing things off my bucket list LOL!
ReplyDeleteCarol
Funny thing...I have a ton of things I would like to dye too LOL! I was just showing my brother tonight the ton of things I would like to dye...I had to tell him the whole story twice he was so intrigued
ReplyDeleteCarol
Thanks for naming your dress form after me! Your apron is as cute as can be, and you are so clever to be able to take apart a dress and make it into something so fabulous.
ReplyDeleteI know, my Billie is adorable! I used some more lace today to make a cover for the buffet table for the rehearsal...Yep, sure has come in handy! Hope all is well!
ReplyDeleteCArol
How entirely clever and it turned out beautifully! Love all your great ideas. You are a master at repurposing. And... imagine you getting that dining set from Miss Mustard Seed. That is so cool. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteLiz
How cute! And what a fabulous re-purposing idea. Thanks for the share! :)
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