Shadowplay

So, I was inspired by a blog written by a woman who buys $1 clothes at the Salvo, and remakes them into things that are cute (ostensibly...I question her love of color and weird 70s patterns, but the clothes are much more flattering when she's done with them. I am a goth...color and florals tend to elude my sensibility). I decided that I was going to convert a skirt that I had into a cute, bustle-y overskirt number.

So I should've been smart, and done the blogger-photo thing, but I dove in willy-nilly and just got started. Originally, the skirt was a sort of flimsy flamenco inspired number - some pathetic tiers trimmed in lace, and a high-low hem that did zippy for my legs.

I dove in and started pinning - and realized why serious tailors have dressforms. Straight pins ended up being fail - they slid out of the fabric I was pinning up as I'd look at it. Then Spooky started HALPing. He HALPed by laying on the skirt. He HALPed by grabbing the pearl ends of my pins and pulling them out of the pincushion. Seeing that this was going to end on an expensive trip to the e-vet, I put away the straight pins, and switched over to my giant safety pins. I managed to get the layers up in a cute bustled skirt- much more flattering. I can't decide what to do with the liner. I was going to just cut it out. D suggested leaving it, but I think it's a little weird that way. I think I'll just rouche that up, too, and let it be like a petticoat.

I am unduly proud of this small foray into restyling my clothes. Next, I think I'll tackle pants to skirt, and maybe some bloomers based on scrubs....