Pimp my dress
… said my new colleague last week. “Do something with this tunic. It’s boring!”
Lou: “What do you want me to do with it?”
She: “You’ll think of something!”
Ok… a task was born. One where I was asked to do whatever the hell I want. YAY!!
Sunday I woke up and had an idea as I looked at our curtains. They’re from Ikea and the fabric is just beautiful. As they were too long I cut them shorter and with the rest of it I renewed the tunic.
Simply cut out some leaves and sewed it on the fabric.
In addition to the leaves I covered some buttons with the same fabric and added them on the little pockets.
If you ever want me to change clothes for you – I’ll get paid with cake. Feel free to contact me :-)
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8 comments
wowie! great idea. I’m pretty sure the leafs would look gorgeous on a boring white table-cloth, too.
The dress “pimping” looks awesome! The addition of the hand cut leaves and fabric covered buttons make it look handmade and quite Anthropologie-ish. Good idea :)
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Fun! It looks much happier now :)
First of all – I’ve always liked that print at IKEA…but now?? I love it even more on your top – so awesome, you did a great job!!
Really fun and very pretty!! Loving the touch of those leaves and buttons! Have a lovely merry happy day and love to you!
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That is awesome, what a wonderful job you did! You totally pimped it ;)
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Lou, this is amazing!!! I love the leaves! Can I mail you a subset of my clothes so you can pimp them out too?? ;)
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Sandy, yes of course you can :-) along with a fine chocolate cheesecake. yay!
Thanx y’all for the compliment. I was glad my colleague liked the dress as well. We were thinking of adding the leaves on a pair of her jeans as well so that it seems that the leaves are flashing from the ground up to her. we’ll see. might be fun!
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