Another floral dress...
This one had a mandarin collar.
A mandarin collar which was nicely lined in contrasting black fabric. Perfect to make into a Peter Pan collar me thinks ;-)
So after pinning the collar down, I whizzed it through my sewing machine to stop it from popping back up.
This dress had been very poorly altered before, and as a result the side seams were fraying to the point that there were holes on the side seams of the dress.
So I re-stitched the side seams and trimmed off the frayed bits - making sure that the newly cut edges were finished off with a zigzag stitch so that they wouldn't fray again.
See, much neater...
Then I altered the width at the top of the dress a little so that it is a little less sack like.
And finally, I wanted to balance out the black collar with a black detail at the waist. Which I could have easily done by adding a black belt, but I find belts a little hot in the height of summer. Soooo I decided to grab a piece of black elastic and sew the ends together (to create an elastic 'circle') so I could just slip it on over the dress (kind of like a belt, but looser).
And there you have it... another floral dress refashion.
I've never come across sunglasses when op-shopping before, so I was pretty thrilled when I came across this vintage pair in perfect condition for only $2 recently.
The beautiful rock walls you can see in these photos were built by the former owner of my house who spent years working on them. Some of the walls remain incomplete, and I have worked to repair and finish a few very small sections of them. A task which has left me blown away by how much work went into building the quantity of walls that are located on our property.
Dress: Thrifted $4, Sunglasses: thrifted $2, Shoes/jewellery: wardrobe items.
And for my next project.... the Aussie equivalent of the American 'Christmas Sweater'
This dress actually doesn't look as terrible in the photo as it does in real life... ah well, lets wait and see if I can give it an overhaul before christmas.
