It was inspired by a shirtdress I bought from Hong Kong circa 2011 but since I have given it to my sister because it looked better on her and she liked it, I thought I should try to create something similar.
I picked a couple of short-sleeved cotton blouses (bought in early 90s when I was on a business trip in the Philippines) that have similar floral motifs and combined them with a pair of long cotton linen pants (bought in Singapore in 2013) and extra fabric from my mom's remnant collection for the skirt.
This project was a tricky one to handle because I thought I had enough fabric to play with until it came to the part where I had to fix the sleeves. I even had nightmares about it.
Fortunately, I found a long-sleeved cotton blouse (tailor-made in Indonesia in late 90s) that my mom no longer wears and decided to steal the sleeves from it since the colour fits very well with the scheme of things.
Unlike the other projects whereby I would usually fix the sleeves last, I realised for this one that I had to fix the sleeves first before everything else.
Once the sleeves were done, the rest of the pieces just fall into place accordingly. I also decided to give this oldie a refreshing look by adding some embroidered trimmings as embellishments.
It took me a couple of weeks to complete the project and I am glad it is finally over because I cannot wait to wear the new dress or shall I say, dresses?
This dress would be ideal for a weekend getaway because I would not need to carry an extra change of clothes. I can simply turn it over and it would look as though I am wearing a different dress altogether. Neat, isn't it?
Who could tell that this was a cut-and-paste project, if I had not disclosed the facts?
I can proudly say that you cannot find this item anywhere. 💃🐒👌🙋
I can proudly say that you cannot find this item anywhere. 💃🐒👌🙋
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