Red Dress Refashion

Confession.

I have a new obsession....

.... going to the thrift store and buying every frumpy dress there. Seriously. Yesterday was dollar day at my local Goodwill, and I definitely bought out a solid portion of the 80's. [which is only funny because I wasn't lucky enough to have lived in that decade...].

But yup. 

In my adventures in learning how to sew, I decided that it would be best if I just practiced on thrifted clothing. That way if I screw up, no big deal :]

I mean, so many people in the blogging community already do it, so that's acceptable, yeah? Yeah.

Here is the first dress that I snagged and gave a little makeover to:

Whomp.

Made slightly less frumpy! But still kind of frumpy because that's how we do.

And cowboy boots.

I didn't do anything too complicated to fix it up:

Just hacked out those darling shoulder pads [oh if only they were in style... but not really].

Chopped a few inches off the sleeves.

Cut a solid eight inches or so off the bottom.

Then hemmed everything all up! Which makes me desperately wish I had a sewing machine already... Why tuition, whyyyy.

Perfect for frolicking through fields right? RIGHT.

I have a few more dresses that I'm refashioning right now too, so I'm still pretty excited :]

Happy Friday!

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