Little White Dress Refashion

Lately I have been noticing a lot of pretty white dresses:

I particularly liked this one, although it is hard to see in this picture:

I decided that I wanted to make this one (from my sister's wedding) a little more fancy (its the one on my little sis at the far right):

See what I made with my turquoise skirt here.

First I wanted to make a pretty sash that would tie in a bow at the back.  I bought some ribbon at Walmart for $1.50 that was the exact color I wanted.  I decided to sew some lace on top of it.

I pinned the lace to the ribbon and just sewed 2 seams down each ribbon (I had to use 2 pieces of ribbon to make it wide enough)

I folded over and sewed the end of the ribbon/lace to finish off the ends.

Here is what the back looked like to get an idea of where I sewed along the lace.

I also attached lace just above where the sash was going to be.  Mainly to cover up the bigger eyelet pattern (which was also being covered by the sash)

Then I cut along the bottom of the dress (just the outer layer - not the lining) to make it a little shorter and to make the lining show at the bottom.  I attached the same lace along the bottom of the outer layer. (This outer layer is a Swiss Dot fabric and the lining is just a thin white cotton)

Then I attached the same lace along the inside of the neck (front and back) so that just the top of the lace would show when the dress was not inside-out.

That's all I really did, but it made SUCH a difference

The back:

Some jewelry options:

What do you think?  Which necklace do you like better with it?  I will post the pic of it on me on What I Wore Wednesday  in a week or two after I wear it :)

And, speaking on white dresses, check out the pictures I took over the weekend:

I am posting this HERE.