On Sunday I asked Todd to go through his closet and take out clothes that we can get rid of. I am determined not to move a bunch of crap we don't use! I was just going to put all the clothes in the garage sale and what didn't sell I was going to give to Goodwill. But since we have a lack of funds, I started thinking of ways I could reuse all of Todd's old clothes. So Monday I got busy using all of the clothes he said he wanted to get rid of.
I didn't take a a before picture of Allie's dress. It was just a men's button-up, collared shirt.
The back became the front. The front of the shirt is the back of the dress. The yoke made a great lined bodice. I wanted the top to cover a little higher so I inserted pleats (or squiggles as Allie calls them).
Before picture:
I promise he likes the pants, but he had just woken up from a nap that was too short. The pants are actually 5 inches too long but he doesn't need pants right now so I left myself lots of room to hem them when he needs some pants.
I was worried the material was too thin, so I used an white shirt of Todd's to line the pants.
myersfam5
9 years ago
2 comments:
I am so impressed! I love both of them! I have 2 button up shirts that are HUGE on me, even pregnant. I've been trying to figure out what I can do with them to make them usable. We'll see what I come up with.
You should come "repurpose" some things for me!! You are amazing, that dress is so so cute!
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