Upcycling a tshirt into a fancy dress

 

My baby girl who is now 12 has just finished primary school. At the end of the term of grade 6 they have a Leaver's Dinner and of course, she needed a fancy dress to wear.

If you'd like to see how I made it and the inspo behind it then you can see it all here... along with the details of my very first stall at a market!

I think the dress turned out awesome, I think my baby girl looks awesome and oh, do you love the snap below! At the end of the dinner, most of the kids took off their shoes to run on the sand & jump into the waves! Thankfully, she only chose to walk in the water and I couldn't resist snapping a photo of her!

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Sewing a tea towel (dish towel) dress

 

Please be in awe of my latest sewing creation, this fabulous dress made from an old vintage tea towel and the dress itself is made from 90% used (upcycled & free) fabric. 

The pattern is the Joy Mini Tea Towel Dress, you can grab it here: https://tidd.ly/41Rnvlc and yes, it's worth the money as it has the best 'sleeve pattern, insertion' that I've come across in all my sewing.

I filmed myself making it & have a major question to ask you, so please click here to see me make it & tell me what you think.

I made a 4xl top with a 5xl skirt. The pattern was super easy to follow, I was originally going to add a ruffle to the length of it but decided to leave it at this longish tunic length. If I find that I'm not wearing it because it's too short then I'll add a patchwork ruffle to make the dress longer.

I'm definitely going to make more of these as it was such a fun sew, I LOVE scrap fabric and using free fabric is even better! If you want to see how I sourced free fabric then I've got a couple of videos up on YouTube here..... so check them out for yourself.

This is what the back of the dress looks like (below) not as cute as the front but still pretty cute! I'm now off to source some more cute vintage tea towels to make lots more!

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