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Avocado Dyed Shift Dress

February 4, 2020 February 3, 2020

This dress has morphed and changed so many times since I started it last year. I wasn’t sure if I was going to share it on the blog- it was damaged the day after I shot these images and is currently unwearable. Luckily I have a few months to figure something out before I can wear this again in Spring. The arm seam tore from too much stress …

Lovely Laurel-Vintage Prom Dress Refashion

June 14, 2016 August 9, 2016

One of the first dresses I ever made was this lovely Laurel back in 2013. I have a few of my mothers vintage hand sewn dresses that have hung in my closet since she gave them to me when I was a teenager. I really hate to have things just sit unworn though. I decided once my sewing improved I’d refashion some of these dresses to make them wearable. My mother made …

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