I’m going to be starting themed posts called “Mended”. What the posts will be about is how I fixed something I bought or already had to make it more wearable. It could also be considered refashioning but I have a huge stack at any given time that needs to be fixed/mended somehow.
I’m also hoping to start writing posts with the theme “My Style”. I have some cute outfits that I’d like to share because really, they are fairly inexpensive and I love to look at how people style themselves for an affordable price. We’ll see how long it takes me to get around to these posts, because picture taking is the biggest roadblock here. Maybe I’ll invest in a remote for my camera. And I just might be cropping out my face in most of them because I’ve got no modeling skills available in my repertoire.
Anyways, here we are graced with my 9 year son’s picture taking ;).
I found this dress at Target for $6.48 quite a long time ago.
Not a bad price at all, so I grabbed two because it was too short for me and I figured $13.00 for a dress isn’t bad. I know the part where I sewed on the bottom portion doesn’t look great in the pictures, but I promise in real life it actually looks pretty good.
I just cut off the bottom portion of one dress and sewed in onto the other, following the existing stitching. I made sure to choose a matching thread. It doesn’t seem so wavy in person. But the best part about it is, the dress with the portion cut off the bottom is now a great shirt! And I didn’t have to hem anything on it because it’s knit. So really, I got a dress and a top for $13.00. Just took about 20 minutes to do. Mending can be so rewarding. I will admit I purged my mending stash because some things have been there so long they don’t interest me anymore. But I’m hoping to do better.
Happy Monday and thanks for reading!
I Am Momma - Hear Me Roar
I love this “mended” theme. Great idea. The dress looks so cute on you, too.
Cheri
Caroline
Do you have a self timer on your camera? My point and shoot has one and maybe it is the answer to your picture taking woes. My husband and I went camping this weekend and took tons of pictures with the self timer and a little gorilla pod tripod. It worked great.
wonkeybobbin
I love the idea of a mended theme! Lots of motivation and inspiration for all of us to tackle the “to mend” pile.
The Mother Huddle
My husband has been begging me to “mend” a few of his things for ..um…years! Love this idea!
I think the dress looks great – this would work for little girl’s dresses they outgrow too :)
Sew Much Ado
I love how you did that! I’ll have to remember that next time I’m looking in the clearance racks at Target :). And I FINALLY just bought a remote a couple weeks ago. We took a family pic the other day for my son’s birthday and it was so handy! Looking forward to this series!
Jen
Great idea! Looks good!
Sabra
This is such a great idea from you! You are a *master* at refashion and always look so put together. I was at DI today, walked right past the women’s clothing and totally thought, “One day I’m coming with Christie!”
Laura @ ON{thelaundry}LINE
cute, and smart! I wouldn’t have thought to grab two of a cute inexpensive dress to make another! I love refashioning and such, it’s totally where I started with sewing and I’m starting to do more of it again. I’ve been trying to think outside the box a little more with my shopping, today I came across some bright teal stretchy skinny jeans for $15. I didn’t have time to try them on, plus I haven’t really tried anything on since I had Jackson two months ago lol. So I grabbed a size or two bigger than the maternity jeans I wore (or am wearing at this moment as I type this, if we’re being honest) and I’ll just put them on and trim them down. I’m not willing to spend more than $15 on pants I will probably only wear for a year or so anyways, may as well get a cheap pair and fit them to me!
sarahdudik
I just moved and realized my “minor fix” pile had become quite large! I’ve been hemming, replacing buttons, and doing minor refashions for the last week. It’s not the most exciting thing, but it’s a quick way to get things off the shelf and back into my closet!
WaterWorks
This dress is really cute. I did something similar to your method at the beginning of the summer to my girls’ tee shirt collection. I used the smallest/shortest/stained ones to add length to the still usable tees. For no more money out of pocket, they were able to play all summer. Wonderful! I blogged about it here:
http://www.weareneweveryday.blogspot.com/2012/06/youve-been-remade.html
Kristie K.
looks great! Love it!!!
Bethany L.
Christie! Thanks so much for your awesome ideas. I just bought two dresses for $5 each at Target today so i could use this trick. As always, i’m so inspired by what you do :)