A few posts back I shared a project involving two dresses - one that was shrunk at the dry cleaners and one that was used to rescue the first with the hope leftover fabric turning into a top. The top turned out the way my friend was hoping it would so I would call that a success in my book.
After figuring out how much fabric I had left to work with, I found a pattern that was similar to the dress style because I knew that style fit my friend and she was comfortable with it, taking out all the guess work for me. She did want the bottom of the hem to hit around her hipline.
This was a great project to complete, using the fabric from one piece that could have just been left as scrap but instead became something new, something fun to wear.
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| After ripping out the side seams of the scrap dress, I had a front piece and back piece. Folding both at the center, I placed my pattern pieces trying to leave as much room at the bottom as possible to allow the finished piece to hit at the hipline. |
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| A "technique" I use to make a mark to cut without using tracing paper? I just use a sharpie. Yes, you need to be very careful what fabric you are working with because the marks made with a sharpie are permanent. I only make them for cut lines using chalk for darts and placement marks. I like the sharpie because it leaves a mark with just a small amount of pressure. Could a washable marker do the same, probably I just haven't tried it. |
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| After my pieces were cut, the top was not as long as I wanted it to be so I removed the bottom trim, and added a two inch wide piece and sewed it to the cut edge of the front and back before replacing the trim. |
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| Reattached the trim to now longer front and back with a serged edge to prevent any fraying. |
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| Original dress with added gussets |
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Top made from extra fabric used to fix
original dress |
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