Upcycled Grunge Dress Linda wearing her new dress. Photo by Dean Kyritsis Sewing Pattern Review (www.sewing.patternreview.com) is a website for people to share their reviews of sewing patterns they have made up. SPR hold monthly contests for members to participate in. March 2022 was Upcycle Contest: take one or more existing garments and making them into something totally new. I joined the contest with 10 days left to make something. I went to my local Op Shop where an embroidered denim mini skirt caught my eye, I found a taffeta dress that complemented the red of the embroidered flowers so I bought both to up cycle into something new. Embroidered denim skirt size 10 $8 Crushed texture taffeta dress size 36 $15 Design Once home I unpicked the skirt at the side seams and cut through the waist band so I had the front and back as two seperate pieces. I pinned these in different ways onto my dress model until I came up with something that worked as a top. Due to the original size of the
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