Mama Squirrel Refashions a Sweater Dress

As I mentioned in the Frugal Finds and Fixes post, I bought a slate blue, cotton-polyester knit sweater dress at the thrift store. It was a "small," and I am more of a "medium," but it did fit--except for the length. At one time I would have been too cowardly to whack off the bottom and re-hem it, but if the blogging dress refashioners can do it, so can I.

The before shot; the colour is not really this bright.

To use the favourite phrase of Jillian the The Refashionista: Chop! I laid my other sweater dress on top and held a quilting ruler under that to add a hem allowance.

It was handy to have the extra piece to practice on.

Pinning

Hemming the dress. I don't have an invisible stitch, but the navy thread was not too conspicuous.

Here is the dress, at a length which the younger set would think is still too long, but it works for me. (I saved the extra piece in case I want a cowl scarf.)

To brighten your world: a blog for 2016

There was Crockpot365. There was Dress a Day (which was still posting in 2015). Now there is the 366-Day continuation of Refashionista. Thrifted dresses, generally ugly, too big, or at least outdated, transformed by the magic hands of Jillian. It makes me want to go and...buy ugly things. Well, no, but the before-and-afters are usually interesting.