My darling husband has lost weight this year. A really impressive amount of weight. And I'm so proud of him. The only downside is that a lot of his clothes don't fit right anymore. He's cleaned out his closet many times over the last few months.
When he went to toss his orange gingham shirt, I cringed. Yes it had a small stain, yes it didn't fit quite right anymore, but.... So I repurposed it into a dress for Holly. I used the Leila and Ben Peasant Dress pattern (I've made many of these dresses). I cut it so the buttons would be centered and still useable. I left the pocket on and had to cut into it just a little bit. I added the band around the middle to cover up the tiny stain that was right below the pocket and I elastacized the waistband. I didn't put elastic in the sleeves. I'm really happy with how the dress turned out. When I finally finished it and clipped all the threads from it, I laid it out on my bed with a couple other dresses I had finished. Before I knew it, Holly had hung it in her closet and was eager to wear it the following day.
Conor has tossed a few t-shirts that are now too big, but still in great condition. I'm going to purchase this Anywhere Dress pattern and try to repurpose the t-shirts into tees/tunis/dresses for the girls. Repurposing is so much more exciting than I realized!
