DIY Thrift Store Makeover

I've been wanting to try  DIY fixes on thrift store clothing. Ever since I read a blog about this lady that would find thrift store dresses and fix them up, always resulting in something cute, I just thought I had to try it. So my first attempt turned out amazing! At least I think so!

A while back I found this ugly brown dress. Actually I didn't really think it was all that ugly until I showed it to my mom telling her I thought it would look so cute this fall with boots. She just smiled and said something nice about it, but I could tell she must have been thinking it was quite ugly. When I got home I showed it to my husband Marlin and he did not like it. He said it looked like an Amish dress. I was like what? It does not. Anyhow that really altered my opinion of the dress and so it sat up in my sewing room for a couple of months. Just today I was in a fix it mood and I decided to give this dress a makeover that it desperately needed. As you can see from the picture it was a little big, long sleeved, and unflattering. It was missing a button and the hem was all messed up.

Basically all I did to this dress was fix the hem, put all new buttons on it, turn the sleeves into some cute short (almost cap) sleeves, and add a cute belt that I also found at the thrift store!

I know I took some terribly quality photos but I didn't exactly feel like bringing my nice camera up to my sewing room, plus I was in a hurry to get back down to the house to make supper for my sweet husband!

Here is the dress after the alterations!

Then I added this cute belt!

And folded down the collar thingy.

So now I believe I have a very nice dress that fits me very nicely! It was so much fun to do this and I will be on the look out for more dresses to makeover!!!