Polka Dot Dress

Well I love all things polka dot.  Especially black and white, white and black, red and white, white and red polka dots.  How can a woman go wrong?  My husband and I were visiting Yuma, Arizona and were hitting the thrift stores. At one of the Goodwill's I found a white with black polka dot dress, which I didn't get because it wasn't very flattering.  As we were leaving the store we found this black and white, size child's 16, polka dot dress. 

It looked big and I thought it might be labeled wrong, so I tried it on.  My husband could zip it up but while the dress fit me in the waist, it was way too tight in the bust.  Both my husband and I liked the dress.  Sometimes I buy things and I don't know what I am going to do with them right away, but with this dress, I knew I could make it into a skirt very easily and that is what I did.  I took the back zipper out and then took dress apart at the bodice seam after removing the ribbon.  I cut two inches off the bodice bottom and interfaced that piece.  Then put that piece back on the skirt as the waistband.  It fit almost perfectly because it had been joined to the now skirt area to make the dress.  If it didn't, you could made it work or use a different fabric to make a waistband.  I stitched the waistband on and then just turned it to the back and topstitched the waistband in the seams of the skirt to hold the waistband down.  Now I have a cute little skirt to wear.  This was a really easy redo, and I loved the way it turned out. I feel a dance coming on.