This tank dress made me so happy: it had all of the best stash-busting upcycle ingredients: a ruined tank top, a Kohl's super bargain, and a lots of lace already on hand!
Last summer I ruined my favorite yellow tank top with a sharpie. Note to self: never talk with your hands while holding an indelible marker. Naturally, I somehow marked a streak on the chest in an area that I had a very hard time thinking of a way to cover with lace without looking rather ridiculous.
Enter the $3 clearance blouse from Kohl's. Beautiful patter, super sheer chiffon, and two sizes too big. Of course, I had a chunk of lace on hand from the yellow sweater redo I gave Heather a couple of Christmases ago.
All I had to do was cut the blouse into a skirt (even got to keep the factory hem - bonus!), line it with a lace slip that you can't see (so you can't see through the skirt), and sew the tank top over it all. I had a momentary panic due to bunchiness where I sewed the skirt on. Okay, maybe more than momentary. Once I figured out I could just cover it with a strip of the slip lace, I think it turned out wearable. A strategically placed pocket completely covered the killer sharpie's evidence.
I even had enough blouse fabric left to make a corsage for my yellow sweater... And three pieces are moved out of my upcycling bin and into my closet!
