Red Hot Homecoming

Ohmygoodness! So I definitely have a style that is mine mine mine! Hahaha! Thats all I can really say about it. so I recently had homecoming at my school. I wanted to wear something that I had made but I couldn't decide what. So I went to a local thrift store and shopped around for dresses that I could remake. As I was looking I ran across the perfect one!! It is red with white polka dots and looks like something Lucille Ball would wear. Though it was a bit too big and a bit too long but who better to fix that than me? Hahaha!

Materials:
Red Hot dress that needs altering
Sewing supplies



Procedure:
1. Try on the dress and measure how much you need to take the size in and how much shorter you need to make it.
2. Be sure you somehow mark what you need to do whether it be with pins or chalk
3. Take off the dress and pin the area around the waist band that you need to take in
4. Stitch the area down that you pinned.
5. Measure how much you need to shorten the dress and put a pin every 2 inches
6. Using a needle and thread stitch a couple stitches to tack down the hem at each pin. By doing this you will give your dress the bubble effect.
7. Pair your dress with great make up. For me it was natural eyes with bright red lip stick.
8. Fix up your hair. I put mine to one side with bobby pins.
9. Accessorize. I wore a pearl necklace, pearl earrings, and sparkly silver shoes.
10. Be sure and take pictures!

Sparkle Sparkle Sash

My mom had this dress that she used to wear ALL THE TIME when I was little! I LOVED it! It is the great silvery black sparkly material! I mean when I was little sparkle fabric is a GREAT distraction. Hahaha! So recently I was helping my mom clean out her closet out the with old styles and in with the new. You know? Anyways she pulled out THE DRESS and said well I guess this length is not really in style anymore so I think I am going to get rid of it! First thought through my head, "WHAT NO WAY??!!" So of course me being the upcycling fiend that I am I asked if I could have it. I took one look at it and knew exactly what I was gonna do!

Materials:
1 long out of style dress made out of FABULOUS material
Scissors
Strip of material that matches the fabric of your dress
A sewing machine
Some sewing pins
Needle and Thread or sewing machine


Procedure:
1. Pick out a out of style dress that is made of FABULOUS fabric.



2. Measure how long you want your dress and how much you need to cut off.
3. Add 1/2 to the length of your dress for hem allowance.
4. Cut off the bottom length of the dress.



5. Using your sewing pins pin a half inch seam on the bottom of the dress and stitch.
6. Using the bottom part of the dress you just cut off pin a cowl neck to the neck of the dress and stitch.
7. Using the strip of left over fabric that I had you get after you put on the dress tie it on as a sash.
8. Go out and look beautiful!!

Plunging Halter

Ok so I am going to make a disclaimer about this shirt. It plunges REALLY low so my advice wear a tank top under it or a tube top. I made this shirt early one morning probably about 7 in the morning!! It took me no time at all! I was digging around in my closet trying to find something cool and comfortable to wear to help my mom move furniture and set up her kindergarten classroom. After I could not fund anything that suited my needs a grabbed a huge t shirt that I had won at a football game and turned on the youtube video I had watched before.
Materials:
1 Large T-Shirt
Scissors
Measuring tape
Chalk or a pencil
Needle and thread or sewing machine

Procedure:




Here are some pictures of mine mid way through the process!! Enjoy!!

When I Grow Up

When I's agonna grow up I's ado creative an clothes!