So over the summer, I got bored. My job at the outlet mall wasn't cutting it for me.
But really, I love doing artsy-crafty things. They give me a creative outlet and are relaxing...yet stressful. Complicated relationship.
This summer I painted, tye-died t-shirts, made bracelets, baked my first homemade pie and attempted to learn how to sew. Yes, I even bought a Sewing for Dummys book. So me and my mom went to the store and bought a pattern for a skirt and material/thread to make it with. That was an adventure - to say the least. Two different patterns later, and about 3 yards of fabric later, I had nothing to show for it.
I was discouraged. I wanted to learn the basics of sewing, without sewing something lame...like a pillow. But with only my mom's knowledge to feed off of...the projects I was starting were not turing out too good. So I had this brilliant idea to buy clothes already made, and hem/take them in/make them cute. Long story short, me and my mom went to GoodWill and I bought two skirts for like $5.
I took them home and got to work. Both skirts desperately needed to be chopped off and made short. If I've learned anything from Stacy London (What Not to Wear), it's that you should show some leg (modestly, of course). Skirts that come far below the knee, make you look shorter. So that was my first step. And I learned to measure, pin, iron, and sew. The second skirt needed to be taken in at the waist and hemmed as well.
Here is the result:
Eh? Pretty good right? My favorite part was accessorizing the skirts to give them both very different feels.
