Before and After: Frumpy Dress!

Frumpy navy blue corduroy dress from thrift store: $1
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To fun little ruffle vest!
All I did was hack off the bottom (then add a little of the extra fabric to the waistline, above the ruffles because I'm tall and it needed to be a little longer), take in the sides, hem, and cinch the neckline a little. Super easy!


If I may say, it would probably look cuter on someone who wasn't quite as hip-y as I am. Like, perhaps, a runway model. :o)

Comments

  1. Larissa WardripOctober 5, 2009 at 7:59 PM

    I. HATE. YOU. That's all I have to say. Oh and that I'm never speaking to you again!!!! =(

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  2. DisneyOctober 5, 2009 at 8:11 PM

    Haha!! See you tomorrow :o)

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  3. InnerMedleyOctober 5, 2009 at 8:19 PM

    So talented. I need to learn to use the sewing machine I inherited from my husband's grandmother.

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  4. TrudyOctober 5, 2009 at 10:36 PM

    Wow! What a difference! It's so trendy looking.

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  5. Larissa WardripOctober 5, 2009 at 10:38 PM

    I just have to say, all I've been doing all night is staring at that perfect vest with that perfect peach-ish shirt. And I'm still hating you for making the very thing I've wanted all my life! But, alas, it won't fit. My life is over. If you can't find me tomorrow, you'll know why. ;)

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  6. Camelia CrinolineOctober 6, 2009 at 12:31 AM

    I saw your post on Wadrobe Refashion. This is gorgeous and it looks adorable on you especially with the bow tie. I'm a sucker for any kind of peplum.

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  7. Twincerely,OlgaOctober 6, 2009 at 7:00 AM

    Wow! Thats amazing! Stopping by from SITS!! great blog

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  8. UnknownOctober 6, 2009 at 7:52 AM

    If i knew you irl I'd be stealing this from your closet in a heartbeat. God didn't really give me hips and childbirth gave me just enough to hold my pants up without a belt some of the time. So I can use all the help I can get in the hip department LOL
    I looooove what you did with the neckline there.

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  9. Shanda McKeehanOctober 6, 2009 at 7:59 AM

    I love it! Nice work! And your hips look fine. I am hip-y too and was happy to see that maybe I could wear it without looking too huge. Thanks for sharing a great idea!

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  10. One with many namesOctober 6, 2009 at 8:28 AM

    That is soooooo cute! :) Nice to meet you. I like your blog and thank you for stopping by mine :D

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  11. CheriOctober 6, 2009 at 10:33 AM

    So cute! LOVE it! You seriously amaze me. =)

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  12. NancyOctober 6, 2009 at 11:14 AM

    Wow! I love it! You always come up with the best refashions.

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  13. andreaOctober 6, 2009 at 1:09 PM

    Omigosh! What a great transformation!

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  14. Heather - Dollarstorecrafts.comOctober 6, 2009 at 3:45 PM

    Super cute. I am a huge fan of the black long vest-thing over shirts... I'm wearing one right now!

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  15. ElizabethOctober 6, 2009 at 5:11 PM

    I came over from wardrobe refashion. This is terrific. I always pass those types of jumpers up. Now I'll be seeing them in a whole new light!

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  16. AnneOctober 6, 2009 at 7:45 PM

    Wow, wow, WOW! What a fabulous refashion!! I would never have thought that started out as an ugly jumper!!

    I posted a link to your project on Craft Gossip Sewing:
    http://sewing.craftgossip.com/lookie-what-she-made-frumpy-jumper-to-hip-vest/2009/10/06/

    --Anne

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  17. JaedynOctober 7, 2009 at 7:59 AM

    That is amazing! I can't believe you made that from that dress...

    and in my opinion, it looks better on you than it would on a runway model. lol They aren't REAL - haha. It looks great!

    Wish I could alter my clothes...

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  18. JaedynOctober 7, 2009 at 8:02 AM

    Oh, and I hope you don't mind - I added this post link into my Creative Mamas Monday blog hop linky! It was looking very empty. lol

    It's here: http://kindredspiritreviews.blogspot.com/2009/10/fast-easy-no-carve-pumpkin-decorating.html

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  19. AnonymousOctober 7, 2009 at 9:15 AM

    I love it!

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  20. kristenOctober 9, 2009 at 1:17 PM

    that is such a cute idea! what a transformation. keep it up! always enjoy it.

    peace and love
    kristen

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  21. Alli (One Pearl Button)October 18, 2009 at 7:19 PM

    Very cute! It's really funny; I recently refashioned an almost identical dress, but took it in a different direction and made it into a mini-dress. Your post just reminded me that I haven't shared it yet. I love how you reworked the neckline on yours!

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  22. AnonymousOctober 26, 2009 at 3:40 PM

    Well I love the look, but if you're calling this a tutorial, a little more detailed how-to info would be very much appreciated by the less intuitive like me. ;]

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  23. DisneyOctober 26, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    Haha, goodness, no. If I do a tutorial I always try to go into detail and take photos. I was just explaining how I did it to emphasize how easy it was! Maybe I will do a tutorial sometime though!

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  24. Emma (Healthy Diet Is Fun)October 28, 2009 at 7:20 AM

    Just love your ideas! Hope one day I can do something creative too.

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  25. MummyNovember 16, 2009 at 6:46 PM

    YES! They always have these frumpy dresses for a quarter at the thrift store! Now I will have cute little sassy vests! wahoo you!

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  26. vintage peonyNovember 19, 2009 at 6:22 AM

    it's amazing!!

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