A play dress refashion

Who says play dresses are only for little girls?! I refashioned this pink and white color block dress mainly to modify the top, which was too revealing for my comfort. I combined the dress with an old J. Crew polo shirt.



After removing the collar and cuffs from the shirt, and the skirt from the bodice of the dress, I used the spaghetti straps of the dress to trim the sleeves of the shirt. I modified the crew neckline of the shirt into more of a scoop neckline, edged it with dark pink from the dress bodice, and then hand-embroidered a stylized flower applique (made from an old white T-shirt) to the front. The remaining dress bodice material was used to make a waistband for the skirt, which I lined with white woven cotton reclaimed from some old curtains. After attaching the skirt to the new top, the play dress was finished with some additional embroidered details around the neckline and on the skirt. All the sewing was done by hand.