{"id":465,"date":"2012-04-27T06:11:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T20:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bellabuy.com.au\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2012-04-27T06:11:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T20:11:49","slug":"hello-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellabuy.com.au\/blog\/diy-fashion\/hello-world-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Back to Front Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks back I found myself aimlessly surfing. Something I don’t often have time to do, but the football was on tv – and well, to be honest it’s not my favourite thing to watch. Glass of wine in hand, clicking away madly on pinterest, I stumbled across a few DIY Fashion articles and a great inspirational blog a pair & a spare<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Memories came flooding back to me. Memories of countless hours spent drawing clothes and trying to sew in my teenage years. I promptly dug out the sewing machine from the back of the linen cupboard and vowed to make a new item of clothing every month.\u00a0Preferably\u00a0re-cycled (from a second hand store, or hand me down). For a few reasons…1) It’s already partly made, so less effort required. 2) I won’t mind too much if I make a mess of it. 3) Something hideous can potentially become cool, what better reason could there be.<\/p>\n

I must say I am no expert, I remember how to hook up the sewing machine and that’s about the extent of my knowledge. I am also impatient, so anything that takes too much time will probably deter me from the outset.<\/p>\n

I found this dress at a local St Vinnie’s store, paid $10 for it and got to work. This is how I did it…<\/p>\n

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  1. Tried the dress on, back to front<\/li>\n
  2. Pulled the sides in about an inch on each side, and stitched up<\/li>\n
  3. Tried on again, the front sat a little strange around my arms so I put a couple of small darts around the chest section<\/li>\n
  4. Folded the back of the dress down into a “V” shape and stitched up<\/li>\n
  5. Cut about 15cm off the bottom of the dress and hemmed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    That’s it, the back to front dress complete! Pretty easy really. Can’t wait to get my hands on some more dresses to try this one again.<\/p>\n

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