Hello Sailor Vintage Fair

Hi Dolls!

UUUgggghhhh how ugly is the weather in Melbourne at the moment. Seriously depressing.

Anywho - on a brighter note, I will be setting up shop at the upcoming Hello Sailor Vintage Fair on the 29th August. It's my first time and sounds like a crazy market for super cool peeps like me and you! So make sure you pop by and say hello....

I will be stocking some reworked and original vintage and recycled clothing, a few bags, some shoes, fashion jewellery - mainly vintage earrings. Here's a sneak peak!

Reworked vintage

Hi dolls! Hope you haven't forgotten about me!

Today I just wanted to show you a reworked vintage piece. So I've been totally obsessed with the blog New Dress A Day - blog owner Marisa aims to spend $1 on fashion for a whole year and she's actually keeping to her budget!

It definitey has inspired me to get my "creative juices" pumping. I am no designer or fashion expert but I definitely love the challenge. Opportunity knocked on my door when I came across this dress at the local trash and treasure market. I liked the top and knew I could somehow make it look current (errr I hoped anyway).

I got rid of the sleeves and I pretty much deconstructed the whole dress. I used my dressmakers dummy (first time I actually used it to alter clothing) to pin the sections all back together. Sewed, sewed, sewed. Then made a fabric flower (I love GOOGLE!) to replace the button and voila! I think it turned out ok...

BEFORE

AFTER

The only problem is it was supposed to fit me but I umm forgot to change the dummy's size to reflect mine?! Therefore the dress probably fits a size 8 or small 10 hahahaha I'm a ditz sometimes *sigh*