135 Days to Go: $1 Remake

So, we're going back to that fa-boo dress from two days ago... New Dress A Day - DIY - Vintage Dress - Before - Eyelet Sleeves - 137

...that ended up looking like this!

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Today, the leftover sleeves...

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...are going to get a little bit of love!

I started by trimming off the eyelet...

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...and then just attacked the rest of it at the seam, opening the whole bottom of the cuff to remove the excess.  Not until after I cut the eyelet did I say to myself, why did I just cut the eyelet when I'm going to be removing it completely at the seam?  I'm obviously on a slight delay :)

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I'm making a little but-dazzled cuff today!!  I went to my button stash...

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...and picked my palette.  I loved the way these golds/yellows blended with the fabric, but I also snuck in a navy button as well...

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...and started to place them on the cuff.

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I tied a knot at the end of my thread and began to stitch the buttons down from inside the cuff, since the seam was still open.  I took the navy button, stitched it in place and then added the rhinestone button on top of it with two little gold buttons on each side.

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Once the buttons were in place, I pinned the seam...

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...and stitched it closed!!

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New cuff time!!

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I'm trying to maneuver the phone pic from inside my car...obviously not the best job as the stones are on the other side of my wrist!

Take 2 didn't fare any better...on the stone front or the centered front.

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I did get it in this shot though.  The date pic with my cuff.

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Costume bling on my finger, costume bling on my wrist.  Like you do on a Wednesday night.