The other day I bought this terribly large and ugly shirt at the thrift store. The floral pattern was really cute...but the shirt was not. So, I decided to try and make it into a dress!
I don't have a step by step tutorial, because I really didn't know what I was doing.
Basically, I just found some other dresses I had, and used them as templates!
Ugly shirt:
Cute pattern:
Using another dress that fit me well, I just used it as a template and cut around it.
I cut it slightly bigger for seam allowance.
Next I finished off the edges.
I realized I would never wear a dress with a button up collar top, so I decided to cut that off too!
I found another dress I had to use as a template. 
Trust me, I did not know what I was doing.
I just took those two dresses, and tried to duplicate them.
Cut, and finish off edges.
I added some elastic in the back of the dress...just like the template.
I added some elastic in the back of the dress...just like the template.
Next, I took the left over sleeves, and made the straps!
Attach straps!
So, after I constructed it...I think I tried it on, and did revisions at least 10 times.
Mostly around the top, so it looked and fit right.
I also ended up sewing the entire dress shut where buttons were. It's just safer that way! Haha!
Add belt, and there you have it!
Dustin took the pictures for me...so he wanted to show what he was wearing too. ^_^
