I picked this dress up for it’s awesome hot pink horse pattern, and it being part of my 5 for $5 wasn’t bad either! Only 1 problem…
It had no buttons to button up the front. Yikes!
I removed the scratchy tag and the 4 buttons that were on the sleeves.
I used a ruler to make straight lines to form a square.
I cut out the square.
Then I cut a square of hot pink lace.
I pinned the lace in the hole I cut.
Oh! Did you notice my new pin cushion!? Part of my black friday score from JoAnns!
I sewed the lace.
I cut 8 inches off the sleeves.
Rolled the sleeves up 1/2 inch and sewed it.
Then folded again, 1 inch and sewed that in place.
I cut a small piece of the lace.
Pinned and sewed it into the dress where the buttons were being sewed on.
Sewed on the bottons I saved from the sleeves. I was 1 short so I found this square button that was a close match.
The lace and the buttons!
This is our pretty little tree in our family room 🙂 We were getting ready for a night of Wild Lights at the Detroit Zoo!
It was a cold 34 degrees for our night out. So I wore my new dress with a scarf, leggins and my new thrifted cowgirl boots!
The back!
Me and the hubby!
We had such a fun time looking at these awesome christmas light desplays but it was nice to get back inside where it was warm!
Happy Refashioning!!!
TheRefashStash 
Where to start??? I LOVE the horses; love the lace; love the cut-out in the back (clever!); love the buttons; love the sleeves… Love the pin cushion 🙂 This is awesome.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! 🙂 I lucked out finding the pink lace, I almost thought I might have to dye white lace.
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What if you were to add a lining behind the lace panel in the back in a matching or beige color(like the dress background)? Then you wouldn’t have to deal with lingerie show-through. Otherwise I think yo did a great job on the “refash”!
Penny
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Thank you Penny. That is a very good idea and I might add the background fabric. When I originally cut the panel I didn’t realize how much was going to show through. Oh well live and learn!
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