I got my hands on a good one today friends!! Totally early 90s...floral print, frillsters collar, those glorious sashes to tie in the back. Loved it!

You know what else I loved? The entire top of the dress that was without any of the five buttons that should have been on it still!

We'll be taking care of the button ish in a few.

First, we're gonna get rid of that collar!! I took my seam ripper and started de-threading

A closer up shot shows the lovely stain detail on the collar that I didn't even notice until now. Classy!!

Now it's button time! I grabbed five of the same octagon buttons with a little brown stone in the center that I had in my Ziploc freezer bag full of button goodness! I pinned each button in place of where I was going to hand sew.

Little by little I got each of the five buttons secured! Woo hoo - didn't want to be Flash Gordon today :) (Terrible, terrible pun...apologies!)

It looks like they came with the dress!

Ooh, and with this dress came some pads that I snipped out next.

Before I get to stitching on the sewing machine, the sleeves had to get removed. We're going sleeveless, baby!

Ooh, and look at that hole on the waist - we're tackling that as well as folding down a little of the neckline to make a slight V. ÔªøÔªøÔªø Sewing machine, here I come!!

After the sewing, I tied the sashes together and cinched the straps with some safety pins because after I tried it on, I wasn't completely thrilled and wanted to give it a little more flavor. Wanna see the outcome??

Totally, utterly heart this dress!! I took the sashes and tied them into the back and my summer dress was cookin!! Literally I got to cooking in my kitch.