So I cut up my dress…
…and made it into a dress for Little Tweedie using McCall’s M5032!
McCall’s M5032
I recently sorted through a load of old dresses and rediscovered the dress pictured below. I think I bought it at the clothes show a few years ago, so perhaps it’s made by Uttam/Traffic People/Max C/Yumi or some such brand – I can’t remember exactly. The crossover wasn’t really the right shape to accommodate my bust, so I wasn’t interested in wearing it. But that fabric was too pretty to let go…
The original dress
The dress was fully lined, and I managed to create a dress for my daughter, also fully lined. I cut an age 4 but it was too big at the side seams so I took it in substantially, and I’m still not overly happy with the fit under the arms, but it’s fine. I mean, the skirt is still beautiful and the model is pretty darn cute too, so…win!
McCall’s M5032
And here are some other poses… I don’t know which I want to show off more – my sewing or my beautiful little girl!!!
Lying on the rug
Sitting cross-legged
Model pose!
This is not the first time I’ve chopped up one of my dresses in order to make one for my daughter instead: the following two dresses used to be adult-sized dresses! I made three or four baby dresses too out of my old dresses, but it’s so long ago I can’t find photos of those ones.
Butterick See and Sew B4956 – made from a vintage dress from Pop Boutique
Butterick See and Sew B4956 – the other view – made with a vintage dress bought in Paris
I love the ultimate uniqueness of these dresses. I love the memories that they hold of when I wore them, and the memories they make when my daughter wears them. I’ve never regretted cutting up the dresses – only felt sad when my daughter outgrew them. But this latest one should last a while yet! 🙂
Oh, in case you missed it, I’m giving away a copy of ‘Half Yard Heaven’ by Debbie Shore – if you want to be in with a chance of winning this book you can enter until Friday 4th July, 12 noon UK time. It’s open to anyone anywhere – see here for more details!
TTFN x
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Such a gorgeous dress for a really gorgeous girl 🙂
Thank you. She was really pleased with it.
Aww, such cute photos of her and what a lovely idea. I’ve cut up old night dresses and PJs which I’ve used for linings in dresses I’ve made. I’ve also used old sheets. I wouldn’t be adverse to cutting up my dresses to make something else with them.
I’ve used sheets too for lining dresses and they turn out so cosy! Waste not, want not! x
she’s so adorable! love the dresses too – such a good idea x
Thank you! She enjoyed posing for the photos and she loves her new dress.
Oh my gosh she is adorable and the dress looks amazing, nice idea to cut it down and save the pretty fabric.
Thank you! Really glad I salvaged that print!
Too much cuteness in this post! Wonderful dress and you can see your daughter loves it. Great way to breathe life back into an unwanted item.
She does! Yes – much better than letting it fester in the loft!
That’s a stunning dress & so wise of you not to waste that lovely fabric! Cute model too!
Thank you! She is a cutie. Sometimes I forget as I see her every day. It was nice to make something she loves and take the photos of her.
Oh my gosh, she is adorable!! And good save!
Thanks. We both have beautiful children: Baby Jane is SO gorgeous ❤
So adorable. She’ll always remember the clothes you’ve made her.
I keep them all in the hope that one day she’ll enjoy looking at them!
This latest dress is beautiful, as are the others. Your daughter is just gorgeous and obviously loves her new dress!
Thank you Sam! She does like it a lot!
You are absolutely right: on the dress, but also on the model: how cute!
I love how you altered your dresses, what a great idea! All of them are really beautiful, my favourite is the green “Pop boutique” one.
I am just a beginner (up to now I just sew small items in order to practice on seams, seam allowance, cutting etc) – but I have a few garments here which would make great things for my granddaughters! (ok, I assume they’ll be adult at that time 😉 )
Thanks for sharing!
Gabriele
I love the green one too. And the red one which I remember sewing against the odds the night before her second birthday! Good luck with your sewing 😊
I love your buttons rug!!!
Thanks!
What a wee cutie! And she looks lovely in her gorgeous new dress.
Thank you! She does look nice.
What an adorable little girl. And did you say something about sewing? I couldn’t really concentrate – had to look at her fun faces all the time 😉
Thanks a lot for my amazing sewing swap parcel. It arrived yesterday and I’m already thinking about what this knit might turn into 😉
Oh great, so glad it arrived ok! And just in time, too! Thanks also for mine. I think I’m going to make my daughter a summer dress with it! 👍
Very cute! Love a repurposing mom.
Thanks! She’s already getting a lot of wear out of it.
She is too stinkin’ cute!! Love that first pic the best. 🙂 Good for you repurposing like that, I only have boys, so it would be a little awkward if I tried that, but maybe someday (*sigh*) I’ll get little nieces (and nephews)…
Hahaha! I hardly sew anything for my son, I never have the appropriate fabric!