Back in the dress makin' business!!

SOOOO I could not stop myself.  I made my poor kid another dress--YES another one.  Just what she needs RIGHT????  The problem...

I bought this tank for a couple dollars at a garage sale this weekend.  I intended to wear it under things this summer, but it looked...NOT GOOD!!!  So I tossed it into MY garage sale pile and planned to get my money back and sell it myself.  Then I had a brainstorm---Re-Purpose it!!!

First, I cut the top off RIGHT underneath the sleeves.  Then I cut the straps off to re-use.  They were sewn with elastic thread and had a little bit of stretch to them---very handy so that I did not have to add elastic to the straps myself.  Gotta love skipping steps:)

Then I stopped taking pictures and whipped up the dress (20 minutes or less).  I folded the top edge under about a half inch and ironed it.  Then I sewed around the top to form an elastic casing.  I used quarter inch elastic.  Emersyn was asleep, so I just measured another one of her summer dresses and cut the elastic a few inches shorter.  Then I used the straps from the shirt and sewed them about 2 and a half inches from the side seam on the front and back.    The shirt had a tie in the back, so I just left that alone and did not take the side seams in at all----I just left it extra full.

The combination of this cutie pie and the yummy smell of the lilacs she picked at Grandma June's yesterday made for a Happy Monday!!!