I bought this dress on sale at Old Navy last summer because I loved the pattern and it looked really good on the mannequin. Big mistake. On me it looks like a tent. I knew this dress had to go when I wore it to school one day. As I was going down to the subway platform, two trains passed by and blew my dress up. As I'm sure you've noticed, this dress has no waistline, which made the blowing up of the dress even more awkward. Instead of it looking cute like Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven Year Itch" (you know, that typical Marilyn image in the white dress blowing up around her legs) the dress did this weird inflating thing so that I ended up looking more like Violet Beauregard in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (the girl who turns into a giant blueberry). Not a flattering look at all.
So why am I telling you this (and putting images of giant polka dot berries in your mind)? Because I am going to turn this dress into a bag. I'm thinking it'll be a hobo-ish shoulder bag with embroidery on it. I've done this repurposing before and am actually considering starting an etsy store to sell my creations. I used to make handmade gifts for all my relatives but I don't like a month of intense crafting before the holidays and then nothing else all year. I usually just wing it when I'm making something, but this time I'm going to make a pattern so that I can make more bags quickly. I'll post some pictures as soon as I'm done.
By the way, sorry the picture is so blurry, I've got a pretty crappy camera. My brother showed me how to get pictures on here (with an eye rolling how-do-you-not-know-this kind of look on his face) so there are more pretty pictures to come. Anyday now.
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