REinventing :: Shirt, Frock & Cardys

I've been waiting years

for metallic fabric garments 

to hit the op shops

and recently the waiting has begun to reap rewards

a Veronika Maine frock

  made entirely of metallic fabric 

and a Harry Who cotton button-up blouse

came home because of the quality

not because they were ever going to fit or suit me

and were filed

until I could work out how to make them work in my wardrobe

 

with a whole day away from house hunting

I squirreled myself in the Studio

the day before a workshop

and set about combining these-two into-one

after removing the bodice from the frock

I turned the blouse backward

re-cut the neckline

and removed the buttons & sleeves

creating a newly REfashioned bodice 

which fitted beautifully to the once-was-frock 

and finished just in time to wear

to the workshop the next day

teamed with a long cap sleeve t-shirt frock [underneath]

 and while I was in the zone

two of my cardys got treated to some REfashioning 

by having their respective lengths removed

  and replaced with some

bias binding