Dreamed CUTE polka dot dress. Thrift flip from a SHAPELESS dress. Melody dolman (Love Notions)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- Another fun thrift flip - upcycle - refashion for you! The Melody dolman shirt from Love Notions is a tried & tested pattern I have made 7 times already. it's not a complicated style and is perfect for re-sizing re-shaping a totally SHAPELESS rectangle dress I thrifted. I saw the potential with the quality of the fabric and cute polka dots.
Come join me to see the fun process of transforming the original dress into a cute dress that fits well!
The Melody dolman shirt comes in sizes XS-5X with a standard & full bust option. It’s $5 on Friday 28th of July 2023. This is my affiliate link: www.lovenotion...
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HELPFUL VIDEOS:
*See all the Melody dolman videos on my channel in this playlist: • Melody Dolman makes. ...
*See how to sew an easy camp collar with a back facing: • My secret revealed! EA...
*See how to sew the Camp collar traditionally: • SHORTCUTS? OK, but let...
*Shaped cuffs: • Awesome CUFFS: Lengthe...
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Specifics
*Size XL
*Standard Bust
*Added 1.5” to the length above the waist notch
*Lots of woven fabrics, latest upcycle is linen/cotton blend
*12" added to the length to make it a shirt dress
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The Melody dolman shirt comes in sizes XS-5X with a standard & full bust option. It’s $5 on Friday 28th of July 2023. This is my affiliate link: www.lovenotions.com/product/melody-dolman?affiliates=366
Remember to use my coupon code 10pins at checkout for an extra 10% off, every day, even on top of the discounted prices.
Love it Karina. Thanks for sharing how to reshape, resize and make a thrifted dress into a lovely style which suits you.
Until watching your videos on repurposing thrifts and resales, I never realized the potential for myself. Now I’m tempted to go thrift shopping and find a make that ‘doesn’t quite work for me’ and flip it. Love all of your creativity and encouragement!
I am really enjoying these thrift flip tutorials, Karina. They are very inspiring and encouraging to me. Thank you!
I'm so glad!
Once again.... a great recycle!!! Beautiful!
Love it, thanks Karina
You have amazing creativity! Beautiful polka dot dress!
Thanks Karina. Such good ideas.
Glad you like them!
Great tutorial Karina, you always nail the reconstruction of a garment. I love polka dot fabric. Well done! Have a lovely weekend! 💐
I love this❤ it looks great on you. Thank you for all your inspiration and encouragement❤❤
You are so welcome 😀
That came out great. Love the material. Great video, thank you.
Great thrift flip!
Clever redo. 👏
That fabric is lovely and I really like the cuffs you added! Perfect fit. ❤
Lovely result! Great idea to preserve the collar. Definitely agree with the decision to replace the buttons. You wonder what they were thinking when they put a rectangle button on a polka dot.
That came out great
I bought the pattern through your affiliate link. I’m excited to get this pattern, I love your helpful videos. ❤
Love this!❤
Purchased with your code, tks so much Karina 🥰
Thank you so much 😀😀. Enjoy
Love your refashion make! You have inspired me and I will attempt to do the same. ❤️
You can do it!
I'm guilty of your #1 pet pev. Sorry I know better now. 😊 Will have to learn your way. You are so talented love your sewing.
Purchased with your code, thank you! You are my idol Karina, love your videos ❤❤❤
Finding quality goods in a charity shop always makes me feel like celebrating. Thanks for showing your process!
So true! I scout for them online now. I can’t find them in my small town.
I love these types of tutorials Karina . As the economy is crumbling and good material is expensive and material shops closing this is a good idea to repurpose . Nothing new under the Sun as people were doing this when I was a kid in the fifties . Lovely make .
I’ve been doing this since I started sewing. It was a great way to source “fabric”.
I love all the details in your videos! You’re an awesome instructor. Thank you for your time and energy that you put into your videos.
I love this flip! I have always loved your attention to detail. In the words of my high school sewing teacher (50 years ago, now - wow) " Home sewn garments should always look and be more professionally made, than ready to wear." Somehow that has stayed with me. Have a nice week, Karina. 🧵🪡
I agree. We can do so much better :)
Excellent outcome, changes and trouble shooting! Yeaaaaa Karina! Thank you for all your hard work! Thank you for sharing!
You are such an inspiration Katrina.❤
Love these tutorials 😊
Glad you like them!
I really like this dress, and the color of the fabric with the polka dots makes it look extra special.
Looks great on you. Great idea to refashion
A great flip Katrina and I love the polka dot, you are always an inspiration and these days I walk through the thrift shops with new eyes.❤
Love that! I hope you find great gems there.
What a cute dress this turned out to be! I love your thrift flip videos. Thank you for all your videos!
Thank you so much!
Beautiful….instant gratification !
Thank you! Cheers!
Love it! I love the dots 🤩
Yay! Thank you!
The Melody Dolman looks great here with this refashion, upcycle polka dot.
Thankies 😀
You hit a home run again.
I was wondering though, if you have a solution to the "winged" look of the cuff. All the makes that I've been watching of dolman sleeves with cuffs all wing out and up. No one seems to have a solution. Without an added seam in the middle of the cuff to angle it, or to fold the cuff.
All the Melody dolmans you've made, have you ever cut the cuff on a bias a little shorter? Wonder if that might help?
Think I'll give that a try, see what happens.
Great video
The bias cuff has no wings, the pointy out bit would be worst if I didn’t shape the cuff under the arm though.
You’ve been doing a lot of thrift flips lately. I’m really enjoying watching how your brain ticks over, you come up with some fantastic designs!
I don’t know how long your belt was but if there was enough of it, you could possibly have made a ‘hem cuff’ like your dolman cuff to give it an extra few centimetres.
Being a bit of a stork as well, sometimes we have to get creative to get a bit of extra length after the fact. 🤭
That was such a pretty fabric, polka dots are always good!
I didn’t have much of the belt left to do anything with. I’m fine with the length without the belt and would not add anything to it. I just won’t belt this one :)
This refashion really turned out great and it looks good on you. I love the Melody Dolman and am getting ready to make myself another one. I tried your shortcut facing method on my first one and I am hooked. I will always use that method now. I have a pattern by Gertie for a cute vintage blouse that I've made several times but I always hated the way the color facing turned out. I used your facing method on that one too and Oh my gosh it was a total game changer. Thank you so much for that hack. Anyway, I love your refashion videos. I can't get enough.
It’s just so nice this way right? Stress free :)
I love the melody dolman but I have sloping shoulders On a set in sleeve I remove 3/8 inch from shoulder tip and taper to neck and then remove same amount from under arm but not sure how to do this on a dolman. Thank you for all your advice. I have learned so much from your channel
I’ve been prepping for a dolman fitting video that will cover things like sloping shoulders. Watch out for it :)
The transformation is beautiful,well done Katrina, I love watching your videos,they are so inspirational, can I ask you a question is it difficult to make the dolman with long sleeves ❤
You cant really just make the dolman sleeve longer as it would not allow movement, but you can create a separate extension. I’ve done it in this video with a knit but I’d do the same steps with a woven
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Love these refashion videos, I also refashion things that I find in thrift stores. I have a hard time finding such beautiful garments, though. It looks great on you. Thanks for all your hard work.
Yeah! I was able to buy the part through your link. I also watched the sleeve addition video yesterday. So now I’m armed (pun intended) with all I need to make the melody dolman. Would quilting cotton be okay with this pattern.
Yep. Quilting cotton is perfectly suitable :)
Like the dolman sleeves, can guys use the dolman sleeves in their shirts?
I've never seen them in ready to wear. I think its more of a feminine thing.
Hi! Great flip. I like your tennis shoes. Could you link them? Thanks!
I live in Brazil, so I can’t link my shoes 🤓
@LiftingPinsandNeedles I just love that pok-a-dot fabric as well as the Melody refashion you made to the dress, Karina. Question for you-I have a similar rectangle shape dress I want to flip but it has side seam pockets. What do you suggest? Un-pick them and sew them into the new side seam or just sew them shut?