"Sew Inspired" Again! Restyling a Thrift Store Dress

Recently, I restyled a thrift store dress . . .

(click here to see that post) 

I had so much fun that I

wanted to do it again!

Which brings me to 

**ANTHROPOLOGIE**

(sigh)

When I visited heaven Antro

last week,

I wanted half the clothes in there!

Especially this one . . .

"Dried Leaves Dress" $158 at Antropologie

Later, while shopping at the thrift store,

(a store more within my budget!)

I came across this dress . . .

It has a similar gray wool look.

I decided to make some of the 

felted wool leaves

to style this dress like the

Anthro inspiration dress.

 I made a template from card stock

& played with the shape of the leaf

until I liked it. Then, I just moved

the leaf around to make 3 petals.

I used this soft, thick felt 

for the cream leaves . . . 

Each flower has 3 layers -

one cream felt

& two felted wool

(a slightly lighter color of gray than the dress).

The felted wool is an old sweater that I 

washed in the washing machine.

I also sewed a seam down the middle of

each leaf on the cream felt for visual interest.

So, I really like the way it turned out . . . 

what do you think??

Here's the Antro dress ($158)

Here's the thrift store dress ($6)

By the way, we couldn't resist copying the newspaper on the wall. HA!

 

Warmly, Michelle