mother of the groom dress

Remake: Mauve Polyester Dress

You saw the teaser of this piece yesterday... New Dress A Day - vintage dress

...and gave me plenty of ideas of what you thought I might turn it into!

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

There's absolutely no way of flashing anyone wearing this!!

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

The key factor to this dress was the layered top!

 

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

I had an idea of what I wanted to create...

 

 

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

...but loved hearing what you had to say!  From cap sleeves and dye to strapless and shortened, you had some fabulous ideas. Want to see what it looks like now??

I started by removing the shirt portion of the dress. It was a whole other layer on top of the dress that I cut off!

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

That shirt portion will be used again very soon, but today I was focusing on the bottom layer. I played around with the top of the new dress a bit and created a triangular shape with it, pinning under the raw edging.

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

I stitched this shape in place...

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

...and then moved on to adding some trim to the edge. I used this gorg May Arts velvet ribbon as my trim and pinned it on top of the new seam that I just created at the top of the dress.

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

I stitched my trim in place...

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

...and then moved onto the straps! Using a long piece of elastic, I folded it in half and pinned this portion to the point created at the top of the dress.

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

Next, I pinned each individual piece of elastic to the back of the dress after measuring the exact amount to fit me.

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

After measuring, I hand stitched all the elastic in place to secure.

From vintage "mother of the groom" dress that Lauren called out yesterday in the comments, to a new and summery look incorporating more colors into the mix!

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

It really is so comfortable for being 100% polyester!

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

I just love the top of the dress now - this new shape gives it a whole new look!

 

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

To tie in more of the green color, I belted another piece of the ribbon at my waist.

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

I sunscreened up and had my dress to kick off the week!

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

I loved hearing all the comments of what you think would work best!! I'll have to keep that up and check in with you guys before I post.

New Dress A Day - Mauve Polyester Dress

So fun to hear your creative ideas!