A Girl Can Never Have Too Many Dresses

I'm at it again! I've made another dress for my Solee from one of my shirts. This refashion proved to be a bit more advanced than the last dress I made, but I made it, so it couldn't of been too difficult.

I started with this reversible shirt I bought awhile back.

I typically wore it on the flowery side, but thought the polkadots would be oh so cute for my toddler. Anyway, the sleeves were starting to fray, so I could either throw it away or REFASHION IT! 

I started by pinning one of Solee's dresses that fits well onto the shirt to serve as a pattern.

I snipped away leaving a seam allowance.

I turned the fabric inside out and pinned up the sides, leaving neck and arm holes of course. Because the original shirt was reversible it had two layers. I wanted to keep these layers separated below the waistline, so I pinned them separately.

I sewed up the sides and hemmed the sleeves and neck. I originally made the neck really big to fit over the baby's noggin. I'm not at the level of adding zippers or buttons yet. The neck was WAY too droopy on Solee though, so I added elastic.

After adding a ribbon belt and making a simple head-wrap from scraps and ribbon, the finished product is way too cute! 

Solee got to wear refashioned dresses to church two Sundays in a row. I'm on a roll here!