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div style="text-align: justify;"It seems we're all looking forward to the coming summer months, so I thoughtnbsp;I would share with you another of my 'cheat' dress projects - a summer cut out dress. It's not exactly a traditional sewing project because I'm not sure a wrapped bodice counts, but it's simple and effective and I thought you might find it useful. For me this dress brings to mind Carven, Mara Hoffman and all manner of other fun S/S12 collections.nbsp;Apologies to all of thosenbsp;of younbsp;for whom it is the middle of winter, indeed it is for me too in Hong Kong, but I did this project while I was in Australia on holidays! Something to bookmark for summer perhaps?/divbr /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66755335@N05/6700897495/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="beforeaftercutoutdress by apairandaspare, on Flickr"img alt="beforeaftercutoutdress" height="480px" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6700897495_873b1e7766_b.jpg" width="640px" //a/divbr /strongYou need:/strongbr /strong- /strongA thrifted midi skirtbr /- Scissorsbr /- Needle and threadbr /- Straps to make the halter - I used raffiabr /br /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66755335@N05/6700894329/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="CUTOUTDRESS by apairandaspare, on Flickr"img alt="CUTOUTDRESS" height="480px" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6700894329_ba696872f0_b.jpg" width="640px" //a/divbr /div style="text-align: justify;"strongHow to:/strong/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"1. Put the skirt on and measure the minimum length you want./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"2. Cut off the skirt about an inch below the minimum length./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"3. Hem the mini skirt./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"div style="text-align: justify;"4. Cut the piece of leftovernbsp;fabric open so it's a long strip of fabric./div/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"br /emYou will now have a mini skirt and a piece of fabric left over from the hem - it should benbsp; atleast 15cm wide to do this and wider if you have bigger breasts/wider ribcage.nbsp;nbsp;Check out the moving image belownbsp;to see how I wrap the top. I'm wearing a bikini top in the demonstration but would usually do it without anything on and just wrap really tight for support. You can wear a bra if younbsp;prefer - justnbsp;make sure to cover it properly./em/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"br /5.Start with the fabric behind your back - tuck the part of thenbsp;fabric across your backnbsp;into the waistband of the skirtnbsp;so it looks like the back of a dress./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"6. Holding the two ends with your hands, bring the two ends around across your breasts./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"7. Twist the pieces of fabric in the middlen at the bustnbsp;and bring back around in the direction they came./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"8. Tuck into the waistband./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"9. To add straps - pin them in place once you are wearing the top, then remove the top and sew the straps on./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"10. When you are ready to wear the dress out, sew the ends of the fabric to the underside of thenbsp;waistband of the skirt using a few small stitches, so it doesn't move around while you wear it./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv style="text-align: center;"a href="http://picasion.com/" title="making an animated gif"img alt="making an animated gif" border="0" src="http://i.picasion.com/pic48/450f010fcb09d432eb93722251dd411c.gif" //a/divbr /div style="text-align: justify;"And there you have it - another simple minimal sewing dress. You could use this process to create the perfect little back dress, and even usenbsp;contrasting fabrics/straps etcnbsp;to created an entirely different look. /divbr /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66755335@N05/6700665169/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="apairandasparediycutoutdress08 by apairandaspare, on Flickr"img alt="apairandasparediycutoutdress08" height="570px" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6700665169_8c3485d12b_z.jpg" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66755335@N05/6700657323/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="apairandasparediycutoutdress07 by apairandaspare, on Flickr"img alt="apairandasparediycutoutdress07" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6700657323_7ceb85463c_b.jpg" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66755335@N05/6700674837/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="apairandasparediycutoutdress09 by apairandaspare, on Flickr"img alt="apairandasparediycutoutdress09" height="428px" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6700674837_8cab523280_z.jpg" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"Wearing: DIY dress, Witchery Heels, Karen Walker Sunglasses./divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8784775234411105189-5109083250436691013?l=apair-andaspare.blogspot.com' alt='' //div

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