WIMTWW: Dress to Tunic

I have a dress in my closet that I picked up at the thrift store last summer.  This one was actually long enough on me but I only wore it once.... why?  Well, I wore it to church on a nice summer day when we had a cook out after the service... One of the ladies took me aside and let me know I needed to stay in the shade... with the bright sunlight you could see right through my dress!!!

Back in the closet it went, until yesterday, that is.  Originally I was planning on another sweater refashion with this great coral cardi, also thrifted, but when looking for in my closet for some inspiration, I pulled out the see-thru dress and decided to use it.  I love the way this refashion turned out (and so did a lot of people, thanks for all the features!), I thought I'd do the same thing with the dress and coral cardi:

Starting with chopping off the bottom, I serged and hemmed it at a tunic length (I'm tall and short shirts are a pet peeve of mine, I have 3 kids, there is no reason for my belly to show!).

When I laid the sweater out to figure out how much of the skirt I would need to make a ruffle, I couldn't make up my mind for what exactly I wanted to do with it.  So I made a flower pin and quit!

The dress had a tie in the back, it worked OK on it, but my shiny, red leather belt worked even better!

Now I have a cute everyday outfit that will definitely get worn more than it did as a dress and another sweater out of my stash.  I also have a large piece of fabric to figure out what to do with now!  Maybe something for my girls...?

Peace be with you,