As such, I have picked yet another black number for this fashion reconstruction project ~ a preloved blouse I bought from my usual flea market mid 2018 at only $2.
Since this blouse is made of lightweight fabric, I have decided to combine it with chiffon fabric to make up the new dress.
However, instead of making another all black dress, I decided to break the monotony by making a black and red dress instead (the chiffon fabric I have chosen has the same red hue that made up the motifs).
Also, making another black dress would have been too easy since all I had to do was attach a skirt to the existing blouse... boring!
So, the idea was for the new dress to have all of the fabric from the existing blouse for the front and the new chiffon fabric for the back.
I thought this was going to be an easy cut-n-paste project until I realised after ripping off all the seams that I did not have enough fabric from the existing blouse to make a full length dress for the front.
Fortunately, after going through my stockpile, I found some black chiffon fabric and a matching laceribbon. The laceribbon will not only extend the length for the front, but will also serve as embellishments for the new dress.
Even my mom noticed that I was hard at work because I looked rather intense.
Actually, I just could not wait to complete this dress because I could already imagine how it was going to look like when it is finished.
The existing sleeves were rather short so I had to make yet another extension.
All in all, I managed to complete this project in less than a week and it was really worth the effort.
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. 💃🐒👌🙋
