Oversized Red Plaid Dress Refashion

This is the original dress I found.  It was ill-fitting everywhere, had a dropped waist, faux pockets, and baggy long sleeves. Can it be saved?!........ Of course it can.

Here's what I did:

1. Cut the sleeves and hemmed them to the shoulder.

2. Cut the bodice away from the skirt (yes, it IS nerve racking to cut a dress in half)

and tapered both to be smaller.

3. Reattached the skirt to the bodice at the natural waist.

4. Made a matching belt with the excess fabric from the sleeves. :)

Voila!

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