Refashion Runway Week Three: Funky Corduroy Peplum

Note: I'm traveling this week, so this post is going to be brief on descriptions and heavy on photos. 

I found this amazing corduroy muumuu at a Goodwill fundraiser and knew right away that I had to get it. I even paid $10 for it, which is way more than I usually pay for a piece. 



This lovely muumuu had only one pocket.  I wonder why there couldn't have been two.

Top

I made the bodice from the sleeves of the muumuu and used my dress form to fit it. This made a cute sweetheart neckline.  I added a princess line down the front and hand stitched boning into the front seams to create some shape.

Shaping sleeves to make bodice.

Bottom

There was plenty of fabric for the skirt, so I used my dress form to size a large rectangular piece.  I then attached the two sections. Before adding the band around the middle, I created the peplum.  I wanted to play around with the shape of it, so I first used a piece of scrap fabric.  I cut out an arch and pinned to one half of the dress.  I ended up adding some pleats on the sides and cutting away a slope at the middle and back.  This scrap piece became my pattern for the corduroy peplum.   Once the peplum was sewn around the middle, I added the band.  To make the dress pop (as if it needed any help), I added a deep red bias tape around the peplum, top and bottom.  A zipper was installed in the back, and viola!



Parts for Middle Band

Peplum Pattern

I really love how this dress turned out.  It's perfect for the Holidays!