Dresses

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This totally works for my teaching job. I feel put together and comfortable and the dress cost under $15 in fabric (the black and brown purchased from Joann of course). If you check out my prior blog entry you will see how this started from a picture in a magazine, a rarely used t-shirt, a little fabric, and some time. My leopard cap toe flats and black tights are the perfect accessories to keep me comfortable and able to move around the classroom. I am working on a few more things…can’t wait to show them off!

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Later,

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Mary

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Happy Holidays Everyone!

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I hope this long awaited blog post finds everyone happy, healthy, and enjoying family and friends.

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I’ve been working on a project but it has been a while in coming to you. Now that Christmas vacation is here I have a little time to sew. I’ll get right to it. Here was the inspiration. I just loved the look of this.

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I decided to start with a cream colored t-shirt that I already owned. I just cut it off under the arms and reshaped the neckline.

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Then, I had to reset the sleeves to adjust the fit. Because the original shirt was a v-neck, the neckline had to be a little deeper than the picture.

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Here it is before I added the brown panel. It still is not totally fit or pressed here. Because I dropped the neckline, the panels will not be the exact same proportion as the picture, but it will give me the same feeling.

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I will accessorize and model it in a future post!

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Later 🙂

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Mary

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I needed a creative fix and a diversion from cleaning and doing report cards. So, I searched through my closet and to my horror, one of my favorite t-shirts had a hole in the hem!

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NOOOOOO! I was ready to throw it away when I realized I could just change it into a dress with the bottom of another t-shirt. I had a brand new black t-shirt that was from my son’s baseball team and never worn. It did the trick nicely. I just cut off the offending hem from the striped shirt, then added the bottom of the black t-shirt. I can wear it as a dress with black tights and stack heeled loafers for work, or with black leggings and ballet flats for casual. I feel women in their 50’s can wear leggings providing the top totally covers the “behind.” I wouldn’t be caught dead with them otherwise!