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Refashion a long, over-sized dress into a waterfall dress
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I took a long oversized dress, sized it down to be more fitted, and then cut a waterfall hem line at the bottom. My step-by-step tutorial can be seen at www.youtube.com/fashiontoppings.
Material Notes
oversized long dress, scissors, sewing machine, thread, tape measure, pins, chalk, straight edge ruler.
Difficulty
Novice
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Aug 26, 2012, 07.30 PMby Vita Bonetto
Very beautiful!! It is a super dress!!!!
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Aug 31, 2012, 12.34 AMby fashiontoppings
Thanks Vita!!!
Aug 25, 2012, 04.18 PMby saxsilverain
oh wow, this is awesome! love the result, can’t even tell what it used to look like if i didn’t see the “before” picture! :D great project!
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Aug 25, 2012, 08.40 PMby fashiontoppings
Thanks…I loved the material, just not the boring look.
Aug 25, 2012, 01.28 AMby fashiontoppings
Thanks everyone for the nice comments :) I’m glad you liked the project.
Aug 24, 2012, 07.53 PMby laurertheexplorer
awesome job! looks great!
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Aug 25, 2012, 01.50 AMby fashiontoppings
Thanks!!! I enjoyed making this one.
Aug 25, 2012, 08.41 PMby fashiontoppings
Thanks Laurer!!
Aug 24, 2012, 06.30 PMby SassyT
So pretty!
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Aug 25, 2012, 01.51 AMby fashiontoppings
Thanks SassyT :)
Aug 24, 2012, 05.46 PMby pamchar
Stunning!!!
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Aug 25, 2012, 01.51 AMby fashiontoppings
Thank you Pam !!!
Aug 24, 2012, 01.06 PMby kisses
nice transformation…it looks great
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Aug 25, 2012, 01.51 AMby fashiontoppings
Thanks, and it was really quite easy to do :)
Aug 24, 2012, 08.02 AMby rena-1
cool!!!
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Aug 25, 2012, 01.51 AMby fashiontoppings
Thanks Rena !
Aug 24, 2012, 07.02 AMby Mary Athey
Great job x
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Aug 25, 2012, 01.52 AMby fashiontoppings
Thank you Mary!!! :)
Aug 24, 2012, 03.47 AMby lunyluna
Nice job!!
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Aug 25, 2012, 01.52 AMby fashiontoppings
Thank you Lunyluna!! It was a fun project.