90s Floral Dress Refashion

A sweet sundress from a frumpy floral frock

Posted by Carissa B.

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This unfortunate thrift store find was transformed into a cute little dress in an afternoon.

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You Will Need (4 things)

  • Dress
  • Thread
  • Scissors
  • Pins

Steps (11 steps, 120 minutes)

  1. 1

    Cut off the sleeves.

  2. 2

    Cut straight a slight sweetheart neckline across front, and cut straight across back.

  3. 3

    If necessary, take in sides and add bust darts to fit your body.

  4. 4

    Hem the top edge.

  5. 5

    From the sleeves, cut two rectangles, roughly 8 inches by 18 inches, for straps.

  6. 6

    Sew each rectangle into a long tube and turn right-side-out.

  7. 7

    Fold raw edges inward and sew ends closed.

  8. 8

    Scrunch ends of straps and sew to front and back of top edge.

  9. 9

    Trim excess length.

  10. 10

    Hem bottom edge.

  11. 11

    With scrap trimmed from bottom edge, sew into a very, very long tube and turn right-side-out. Finish off ends and use as a sash.