Something New: Polka Dot Posies Skirt

I decided it was high time that I learned how to do repairs and altering. People are always asking me to FIX their clothes, and I just laugh--have you ever seen my clothes? They are safety pinned all over the place! If it doesn't fit, I just take a pin and a tuck and voila! My jeans area always way too long for me (drawbacks of being short) and so instead of hemming them up I roll them up over my shoes, and if I'm feeling really ambitious I might even throw in a safety pin here and there. Yes, I can design and sew just about anything in the world, but when it comes to repairs, I am sadly quite lazy.

So, the past few weeks repairs and refashioning have been my life--that is one thing that I absolutely love, refashioning. Who ever needs to shop these days? Just find something you never wear anymore and give it a makeover--new clothes! I love it. Here is one example--I made this skirt back in the dark ages, and it is much too big for me now and has been sitting in a bag for a few years. Last week I pulled it out, washed and ironed it, and took in the waistband--and now it fits! :) But I couldn't stop there--this was a rather plain skirt, at least for me it was (it was just a simple circle skirt, not much too it)--so I decided to add a little fun to it:

But a little fun didn't come easy--my ideas are always bigger than the time I have in a day--I had to cut strips and hem ALL OF THEM--that took hours...

and hours...

and a few more hours...

but I did eventually finish. And after adding a few fun flowers to the center, it was complete!

And there you have it--a brand new, custom-couture skirt--without spending a penny!

Sewing is amazing. <3

P.S. Thank you to Heather at Me Making Do for featuring this project! :)

This project also featured by the following!

Sister Sister Sunday

This project is also linked up to CSI Project!