20 Days Til I Do!

Today's wedding dress was a lacy treat!

There was lace everywhere!

Only issue...

It was way too tight! That zipper wouldn't zip! 

That's my "but look how pretty this lace is" pose! There's a way to make it work - just wait for it.

I started off by adding this to a dye bath of Teal Rit Dye and it turned out this gorgeous shade of green! Now it was time to figure out how to make this fit.

I grabbed my scissors and started trimming! ✂️✂️✂️

I removed the zipper from the back of the dress where those gorg buttons were and then created a new hem at the bottom.

All pinned and ready to stitch in place.

Not too shabby for a dress that didn't fit just a little while ago!

I turned the piece around so the old back that was too small to zip was now the open front of the jacket. Because the bust wasn't very busty 😂 it didn't look too puckered wearing it turned around.

I added a simple black shift dress underneath with a long tassled necklace, black heels and a small vintage black clutch to make this an evening ensemble. Pair it with jeans and a t to give a little chic to a dressed down look.

Again, what a change a little color makes!!

20 days til I do!

21 Days Til I Do!

Today's dress should look familiar to you guys! It's the same one I used for Day 22! 

There was tons of gorgeous lace on this number...

...as well as those fab sleeves that I kept intact on Day 21...

(A Day 21 refresher!!)

But there was still a whole lot of material leftover and I just couldn't let that go to waste!

Using the whole bottom of the dress, I added a seam at the top of the remnant material. I left a larger seam allowance here and threaded elastic all the way around. This former skirt was now going to be worn at my shoulders, so I did a little cinching to get the perfect length that would keep this new top up!

There were two seams straight down on each side of the skirt - I measured where my arms would be and I opened about 7 inches worth of fabric to create armholes. I then stitched down the raw edges securing the new armholes in place.

So what do you think????

I paired my new poncho with some skinny grey jeans and wedges, however this could have totally worked as a summery frock or bathing suit cover up!

It's so fun!!!

And honestly, I had a camisole underneath, but you could use this to layer on top of a long sleeved shirt to give it a little pizazz, or just wear a bra!

I'm so happy that I used every part of this dress to craft two seriously awesome pieces!!!

21 days til I do!

22 Days Til I Do!

I just LOVE today's dress!

All the detail...

...and those SLEEVES!!!!

I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them but I knew that I was obsessed with them a whole lot. 

The more I thought about the dress, the more I knew that there was a lot to be done with it and it couldn't all happen at once!!

For this go, I dyed the dress yellow because I just knew that the lace details would just make this piece so much brighter and bolder!!

Once it was dyed, I cut it a bit below the waist!! Those sleeves weren't going anywhere 😀

I pinned the "new" bottom and stitched a hem and the shirt was ready to wear.

Hello Sunshine! ☀️💛☀️

The top has a 60s vibe, so to modernize it a little more I paired it with some ripped jeans, mules, and my favorite (and brightest) souvenir (that purse!!!) from Bangkok. 

The flowy sleeves still have a theatrical feel, but it's not as over the top as the whole dress was. I mean those sleeves needed to be sleeved!!!!

Another dress that has been given a second life. Wanna see what I did with the rest of it? Day 21 is almost here!

22 days til I do!