Remember this oldie but goodie tutorial from 2014?
I rediscovered that lovely silk frock in my vintage dress collection & decided to update it again:
Check out how I refashioned a refashion and transformed it into a wardrobe fave once again!
The pattern on this vintage silk dress is divine & absolutely deserves another refashionista update!
To transform a dress into a top simply grab a shirt with your ideal length then flip the dress inside out, place the shirt on top with shoulder seams lined up then mark the length of the shirt + seam allowance on the dress.
My dress has a back zip so I hand stitched a new zipper stop before cutting through fabric.
Chop the dress at your mark.
My dress also has a lining that needed to be shorter than the top so I had to remove the bottom of the zipper to fold it under and hem.
Remember to hem lining fabric with seam facing the interior of the garment.
Give your it a nice hem & your fancy new top is done!
I wanted to add the pink trim to the bottom of my shirt so I chopped it off of the bottom of the leftover fabric.
Folded in the raw edges & pressed them in place with an iron.
Then stitched it over top of my hem.
An awesome update!
And here’s another successful vintage dress to top refashion:
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