What is this thing?

HELP!!!

What is this thing!!!

It's hand painted (says so on the tag)

It was $3.00.

But....what is this thing? Top? Dress? NOT FLATTERING!

I posted this picture on my FaceBook Art Teacher page for some help.

They had some wonderful suggestions, and I took them up on it.

First I chopped the sleeves off. It was a drop shoulder top, so I cut just below the seam to create my own "facing" and tucked the extra "facing" inside. Then I sewed up hem.

Now the top of it was manageable, but that ruffle...YIKES!!

I chopped it off!!!

It became a t-shirt....That wasn't exactly what I was going for, so I put it on, and measured where my waist was, and chopped it off just below my waist.

I put the excess fabric on top of the ruffle to measure the waist, and I cut diagonally from the waist to the bottom of the ruffle to create my new "handkerchief-hem-peplum".

SNIP!

I sewed it together, and now.....MUCH BETTER!!!

Pink belt, and olive pants. Perfect combo!

...and a selfie!

(My amazing sweet student gave me that

awesome kitty pin!

THANK YOU TESSA!)

See you next time!

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