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Project "Wedding in an island-what-to-wear-Dress"

Recently I was invited to the wedding of Eleni, a friend since highschool in Chania - Crete. Hm! What to wear in a wedding next to the pool in a beautiful cretan scenery on a hot August evening? None of my "posh" Karen Millen dresses looked appropriate for the occa sion and it's too difficult to find a summer dress at the end of the season both in Brussels and in London. I had to take a look at what was left from the summer sales. This Marks & Spencer blouse size 10 for 17£  would do with some modifications.

All I had to do, was to add a few centimeters of cloth, in order to turn the blouse into a 

mini-dress and shorten the sleeves a bit, so that it looks more careless and summery. 

30 cm of good quality purple lining (for 14€/m) was all I needed.

I cut 20 cm of lining, I folded it in two and I attached it with pins in the inner side of the blouse, on its original stich. I sewed with light blue thread in my sewing machine, after having sewed the two ends of the folded stripe first. And it looks like this:

Next step, I unstiched the sleeves and as a finishing touch I made a thin belt (3cm wide and 1.50 long) of the same purple lining cloth. After ironing, my dress is ready and looks perfect for the occasion!

A special thanks to Dimitris for his valuable opinion.