Allergic 2 Motherhood: Upcycling

What exactly is upcycling? Upcycling is the process of taking something old and making it new again. Not refurbishing, but rather changing it into something better or different. I have this Holoku Mu'u Mu'u, for those of you on the mainland it is similar to a mermaid dress fitted and then flaring out around the knees.

I loved it pre baby. Post baby, I still love it but it does not love me or the 30 lbs I can't seem to get rid of. May Day is coming up and my daughter needed new aloha wear for her class performance. I picked out some adorable fabric and had grand plans to make a Matilda Jane-esk dress using all aloha print. I choose lots of fun shades of pink and purple. Then I learned that the class color would be blue. Oops. Then I thought of this dress and how I still loved the fabric. So what is a girl to do? Upcycle of course!