New Dress With Help Of Old Dress

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  Step 1

  Get your fabric.

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  Step 2

  Fold your fabric in half and put the folding at the top (up by where you want the straps of the dress to be). Then put your old dress on top of it.

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  Step 3

  Cut around it with seam-allowance. If you are like me and usually mess up, then make that A LOT of seam-allowance so that you have space to make mistakes.

• Step 4

  I cut my straps much wider and made both front and back much higher up than the other dress I used as a pattern. But do as you prefer.

  Then hem it all round and sew it.

  I tried it on a lot in the progress as well, so that it would get just right and so that if something went wrong I could fix it easily. Just a tips.

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  Step 5

  The dress did not come out as fitted as I wanted it. But instead of trying to fool myself that I could fix it, I took a piece of leftover-fabric and tied it as a belt. Worked pretty good!

  And DONE!

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geraldine 28th April 2014

Very nice! I like the print too, imagine it in teal, turquoise or mint.

Anna S. · 13 projects 29th April 2014

Thank you! Yeah, I think it would look awesome in teal, turquoise or mint as well! The pattern truly is beautiful

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Summer · Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, DE 21st July 2013

I really like your dress (the fabric looks awesome!) and the instructions are clear. I like the idea with the matching belt

Anna S. · 13 projects 21st July 2013

Well, thank you dear! Hope it turns out well if you try it!

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