You may remember this top from the top of the dress I thrifted and turned into a skirt. My friend was looking through my blog and saw the original dress and asked if I still had the top to the dress. She said she really liked it and gave my the idea to turn it into a bustier type top. So after a little creativity and brainstorming, I ended with this wonderful summer top.
This is the original top of the dress:
The first thing I did was take off the frills. I thought that they were childish and distracting on the top.
Next, since I took the midsection for my skirt, the top was left a little short. I went to the fabric store and found this beautiful cotton print with pink figures in it. The fabric was in the quilting section so I bought a fat quarter.
I measured along the bottom of the top to get the length of my fabric. I made if about 6 inches wide because I am going to fold it in half. I cut 2 rectangles.
I pinned and sewed one side of the rectangles together. The other side was left open for the zipper.
I ironed the strip of fabric in half.
Then I pinned the fabric to the bottom of the top and sewed.
Lastly, I put in a zipper. I choose a hot pink zipper to match the pink figures in the print.
Hope you enjoyed this thrift store refashion and happy DIYing!
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