Refashion fashion

70’s revival that seamed hot when I was in my twenties made me buy this vintage dress years ago at a thrift store. It seemed to reappear every now and again but I never wore it so this means something’s wrong. I can’t help it, and my husband keeps telling me I should, but throwing away clothes is against my nature and everything I stand for. This dress is made by someone once, I can tell by the way it was stitched it was not from a retailer and maybe that someone shared the same passion for fabrics and sewing as I do. It makes me nostalgic but after all these years this piece of clothing will be ‘remade by me’.

This is what’s left of my seventies dress after cutting and sewing… see the result below!

I used the basic pencil skirt pattern I made before and just added a waistband, side pockets, a new lining and some pleats at the middle back.

The paisley woven fabric is amazing, isn’t it? I love these kind of fabrics! I did go all the way with this recycling dress, I even reused the old metal zipper for my new pencil skirt and I still had enough leftovers to create a diamante flower belt. I have this crazy obsession with belts, I wear a different one every day, one more to add to my collection…

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Pleats please!

There it is, my new poplin dress! I started from the rectangle top from my last post and simply added a skirt part. The wide skirt is made out of two rectangles which I pleated in an irregular way. Nothing complicated or difficult about it. Just pleat the way you like it and stitch the skirt unto the top. I didn’t iron the pleats so they stay playful and easy going. The best part about this dress is that it needs no zipper and all seams are surged.

Hier is het, mijn nieuw popeline jurkje. Ik startte vanuit de rechthoekige top van mijn vorige post en voegde er eenvoudig een rok aan toe. De wijde rok bestaat uit twee rechthoeken die ik op een onregelmatige manier plooide. Niets ingewikkeld of moeilijk aan. Gewoon een beetje plooien zoals je het zelf mooi vind en vastzetten aan de top. Ik heb de plooien niet plat gestreken zodat ze speels een eenvoudig blijven. Het beste aan dit jurkje is dat ik er geen ritssluiting in moet zetten en alle zomen gewoon met een overlocksteek werden afgewerkt.