I have a fun new denim top to dress refashion to share with you today!
Every year I love participating the Melissa from Melly Sew’s Sundressing series she has every year. She has so many posts from bloggers sharing pretty sundresses for women and girls – everything from new patterns to refashions like mine!
My post this year is sooo easy to do! I wanted to create something that was easy to do and super lightweight. I refashioned an inexpensive denim top (from Walmart) and added a cute floral skirt made from a vintage sheet!
It’s so simple to do. I have a basic tutorial for you – you’ll just need to make some adjustments based on the size top and type of skirt you want.
I started with this plain denim top.
For your top, decide where you’d like your skirt to start and measure down 1 1/2″. Mine is cut at 17″ – but I’m pretty short. :)
For the skirt, measure the width of your top where you’ve cut it off. You want your skirt to be 1 1/2 times with width of your top – so if your top is 22″ wide, your skirt front will be 33″ wide. You’ll need a piece for the front and back. Also, determine the length of the skirt you’d like. Cut out your squares of skirt fabric.
Sew the side seams and sew a gathering stitch along the top. Gather up the skirt to fit your top and sew in place.
To create the tuck at the waist, measure up and make a mark 1/2″ and 1″ from the waist seam. Press a fold at the 1/2″ mark that points down to the skirt. Sew along the 1″ mark lines. This will make a little tucked edge to the top.
Hem the skirt to your desired length and your dress is all finished! It’s so quick and you can have a lot of fun picking different skirt and top combinations!
Make sure you head over and check out all the other dresses in the series!
You can also check out this great list at All Free Sewing of 38 Modern Sewing Patterns! I am super in love with the dresses, cardigans, tops and accessories they’ve gathered up!
Clever & creative to mix denim & a lovely floral skirt making a summer dress. Practical indeed!
This is so cute and has started some creative juices! Thanks for sharing!
Cute and easy! I have that same vintage sheet — I used it to make a circle skirt for my daughter!
So adorable bev, thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!
Cute refashion!! That floral fabric is fantastic, there are so many cool prints on vintage sheets.
Love it! Now, to dig through my closet to find a prime candidate. Thanks for the tutorial!
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I just adore this!
What a cute dress you’ve made, Bev!
I’ve just been wearing shorts all summer long but it would be nice to wear a dress {which tends to be a little cooler!}. Thank you for a fun and easy-to-make idea!
Barb :)
Bev,
I just thought I’d let you know that the Facebook Share isn’t working, just in case you need to know. I did share on my Fun and Funky Clothing board on Pinterest but wanted to share to FB. Will try back later in case the share is just having issues! :)
Have a great day,
Barb :)