Wardrobe Redo #1

I looked in my closet and pulled out all of the clothes that I don't wear anymore. I decide to see if I could remake them into something a I would wear. I found a dress and a tank top that happened to be the same color though they were bought years apart and at different stores. Here is what I came up with...

I removed the top of the dress with my seam ripper.

I adjusted the straps of the tank top to fit me better.

I measured then cut wear i wanted to attach the dress.

I sewed the bottom of the dress to the top of the tank top.

You could leave it like this and be finished but I wanted to add sleeves.

I removed the front of the dress.

I made the 2 front pieces into sleeves by sewing the ends together.

Then I  worked the sleeve into the arm hole.

I made 2 bands for the sleeves from the bottom of the tank top.

Here was the end product....but I wasn't done yet.

I cut strips of the left over tank top and gathered them to make some embellishments.

Here were 2 of the options I liked.

On the shoulders.

Around the neck.

I decided I liked the around the neck look best.