Quick Craft… Dress To Belt
Jan 10, 2012 by Violet
So I found this dress in my clean out which doesn’t look as good on as it should.
I love the detail around the bust but the rest is just unflattering on me.

| Bust smocking is really pretty so I wanted to save it. Easiest fix=turn it into a thick belt

So to start I cut all of the smocking off…

and cut the seams out too so I could make it more “waist” width rather than “bust” width.

And then sewed the side seams back with an overlocker.

At this point I needed to decide what to do with the top seam. I didn’t really want to hem it and make it bulkier so decided to just overlock the top and bottom seams too.

Inside out:

Right way out:

I didn’t have any black thread on hand so I did it in white and went over it twice to make it a more dense featured white. I thought about adding some detailed embroidery in white with little beads but it got lost somewhere in my “half finished” pile >_< I’ll get around to it eventually… maybe :D |
Cute! And that skirt leaves you a lot of fabric for other crafts! Or maybe just make it a skirt :)
Exactly! I’m going to make it into pillow cases :D
What a fantastic . That looks like a great belt!
Now I just need an outfit to wear it with XD
What a good idea! I noticed that your serger is the kind I’m thinking about buying, may I ask what you think of it?
I love it! I’ve had it around 7 years and even though it’s showing some wear it’s still awesome. I haven’t had it serviced in that time either so when I finally get around to it, I’m sure it will be even better. I would definitely buy it again.