The Prom Dress

Last year, my aunt gave me her prom dress, a very long, graphic thing from the 1960s. I should have taken a picture of it before cutting it but too late. In fact, I have had this dress for one year and I did wait until the last minute to start on this project (I will see her next week). She said she wanted me to make something out of it and I made her a tablecloth. The white squares are a very nice heavy linen. If you want to try this project, the squares are 7 1/2 inches and there are 7 squares per row for a total of 7 rows (25 prom squares and 24 white squares) + white strips all around to make is bigger. Dim. is about 60"x60".

Comments

[Concha]

what a great idea!! this looks so nice! and it's much better that keeping the dress inside a closet... I am truly impressed! :)

[heididevlin]

I cannot even tell you how pretty this tablecloth you made is!!! Crisp, fresh & delightfully pretty!...What a transformation from dress to tablecloth! Wonderful!!! Love you blog!!!...Heidi :)

[Jo]

What a lovely idea - I love the idea of making something to give something old a new lease of life. It looks stunning too - and how lovely to have a table cloth with a story.

I've tagged you on my blog - http://jo2308.typepad.com/ looking forward to hearing all you've got to say
Jo xx

[delphine]

Cette nappe est superbe. C'est très réussi!

[poppyrose]

c'est une super idée de transformation ...quel chouette résultat !

[pont des lions]

Un recyclage réussi comme toujours!
Laure

[Valerie]

I've got some fabrics that look pretty grotty in their original form, but chop an old dress up and incorporate it into patchwork and the material can take on a whole new lease of life. Great tablecloth, and always good to re-use something that might otherwise get discarded as unwearable or out of date.