Remake of Cherries!

A few weeks ago I took a trip with my dear aunties and Solly pie to the Islands and toodled around these adorable little historical touristy towns all day! It was so much fun and while we were out I saw something in the window of a consignment shop that caught my eye...

It was this adorable little rose print dress and I think the thing I loved about it the most besides the perfect fit was the contrasting red and white polkadot fabric that added such a whimsical but still sophisticated air to the dress..

I tried it on, fell in love, and shelled out $10 for it. It was an investment... I swear. ;-)

There were a few things I wanted to "alter" on the dress because I can rarely buy something and leave it the way it is now days :-P

The first thing was the straps, it was a strapless dress and I like straps, so I wanted to add some of those.

The second thing was the tulle that was hanging out underneath. It had a little charm in and of itself (with that adorable little polkadot border!) but I thought the tulle looked a little too little girly or like a ballet costume...

I decided that I HAD to do it that night (so I could wear it to church the next day... duh) which by the way, I used to decide at some point Saturday afternoon that I needed a new outfit for Sunday and then be up sewing till all hours of the day and night Saturday to finish it alll the time when I was *ehum* younger and had more energy ;-) Now that I have reached the ripe old age of 19 I decided to indulge myself once again in a spontaneous trip to Joann's and a late Saturday night sewing session =)

I found an adorable cherry fabric that matched the general color scheme and the finished product is below!

I ended up adding ties and a little waist band as well just to spread the cheery cherry around ;-)

Is that not the MOST adorable cherry fabric!! I adore it!

I added a hem band just long enough that the cuuuuute polka-dot fabric shows a little here and there at the bottom, but no tulle!

Then for Sunday I decided to go a little bit vintage and added a minty teal cardigan that my dear Auntie gave me, a string of pearls (that I forgot to wear in the picture) and my red TOMS wedge sandals that I adore and would wear with everything if I could. ;-)

I really don't need this last picture ... but I just loved the way it turned out, so... ♥

I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out! and I think I ended up spending about $13 total on it =)

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