How to mend & fix a gingham coat dress

Refashioning doesn’t always have to be creative & time consuming.

Sometimes the best results come from a simple fix or alteration:

I discovered that frumptastic bit of gingham in the men’s section of the charity shop – proving once again that you gotta look everywhere – and figured, missing buttons or not, with a shorten it would make a rather awesome little frock! (+ as it was only €1 I couldn’t really go wrong) 

Check out the quick transformation:

First I raided my stash & replaced the missing buttons.

Then chopped to my desired length.

And hemmed up the raw edge!

I now have a groovy new dress…

that doubles as a fantastic coat!

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10 Comments

  1. Groovy! Love it with the belt. Inspirational.
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    1. Thanks very much! That funky little belt was €0.10 score that needed only a quick chop & stitch to shrink it to fit 😉 I love simple refashion adjustments!

  2. Well done it looks great on you! I Love the idea of a coat dress. You’ve got me heading to the men’s department for sure my next thrift run! <3

    1. Thanks my lovely! I almost sifted right by it as it was a strange looking men’s (or possibly boy’s) duster coat with weird 3/4 sleeves…a really “interesting” find perfect for refashioning 😀

  3. So great with belt, really suits (no pun intended!) you 🙂

    1. Cheers my Dear 😀 I can’t wait until the weather the warms up enough to wear it out & about!

  4. Peggie Otto says:

    Quick and easy refashion. Love it!

    1. Thanks Peggy – simple refashions are awesome!

  5. Love this, and how creative to make it appear from a man’s coat!! It looks very high fashion.

    1. Yep, ya gotta sift through all of the sections of a thrift shop…ya never know what treasure you’ll find! 😉

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