I snagged this at the Goodwill in Charlotte when I was visiting my parents because I was OBSESSED with the fabric colors. I mean, this is like a box of Crayola crayons!! A big floral box of crayons!

Color aside, the rest of the piece was just not going to cut it on me in its current state. I liked the buttons, but they came up high on my neck, so I needed to make a few adjustments to make this summer wardrobe-worthy!

Time to get out my seam ripper!!

I played around with the top of the piece for a bit before I decided to turn it around! There were three awesome seams on the back - one down the center and the other two making about a 15 degree angle on each side - and that's where my inspiration came from.

I wanted to open this area up a bit so I used the seams as my guide... I put down three pins marking the area that I wanted to remove fabric from.

I took my seam ripper and began removing seams until I hit the pin marks, folding the material on each side of the center seam under.

I loaded up my sewing machine with some thread and restitched seams on the front of the piece!!

A few easy adjustments and using the matching rope belt that came with the dress, I was ready to go public!!

I love the way the new neck looks!! It's super feminine and totally works with my stark white skin and the pretty melony/reddish/pink/yellow/green florals.