Vintage Souvenir Scarf Dress

It's my third go at making my daughter a repurposed summer dress - albeit the word 'summer' is a relative term in Sweden given our current temperatures of about 60 degrees (15 celcius).

I am absolutely thrilled with the result...and I think it is the first time in my life that I am halfway thinking that maybe I can sew after all! If you have seen my "How to sew a dress and save the world" experiment with M's summer wardrobe (part I and part II ), then you'll know that my style of sewing has been more about kamikaze and less about formality. But this time I stumbled across a fabulous video tutorial from The Crafty Gemini and she led me right through the process of making professional seams...easy-breasy.And I love her for it!

There's a GREAT and quick video tutorial from The Crafty Gemini on my blog post at Blue Velvet Chair.

In my continued efforts to use what is already out there in the world, I found two scarves (2nd hand) that I thought had a nice complimentary color scheme. Plus, I have a weakness for souvenir scarves - you know, the ones that have tourist sites and the place printed on them? I really want to make some pillows out of them sometime. Ok...focus! Back to the dress.

Step 1: Kamikaze Sewing

I chose to imitate one of those pillowcase dresses that have been all the rage these past years...adding my own sense of kamikaze sewing to the process of course. They seemed simple enough for an amateur like me. My cuts are all still done by eye (because I can't be bothered with the measuring stuff), but this time I did use more pins to keep the materials in place while I sewed...a big step forward on my part towards better sewing methods.

Comments

[CraftyGemini]

Glad you enjoyed my video tutorials. That dress is beautiful! :o)

[rainbow-flavored]

this dress is the same idea and shows many ways to wear it. hope this helps http://store.americanapparel.net/rsa0300.html

[lal235psu]

Love the dress! Great Instructable!

[re.Create Design]

Thanks so much!

[scoochmaroo]

Love! Want. Going to go start looking for vintage scarves now. . .

[re.Create Design]

I'm even trying to figure out if I could make a tunic top for myself out of them. Not sure if that is going to work...but I'm thinking about it! Good luck - and make sure to post when you get yours done.