Figured I needed something better than jeans to wear but what? Thought about my Olive tiered skirt but it's in need of repairs then I remembered a dress that I bought with the idea to cut it up to make a skirt. It cost $10 but was a size 8, way too small but I liked the colour and there was a lot of fabric in the skirt.
After deciding how long I wanted it to be, long enough to hide the legs but short enough to show off my Granny boots, I cut it just above on of the tiers. Left enough fabric to form a casing for elastic. Couldn't be bothered getting the machine out so hand stitched it in front of the tv, which is where the DNA comes in, caught the thread in a cut on my finger (did it cutting onions yesterday). I only bled on the elastic so it's hidden. Used a simple running stitch and before long I had a nice new skirt which goes ok with a t shirt I already had, though the cardigan I hoped it would go with doesn't. Looks like I need to head into the shops early tomorrow to see if I can find something to go over the tshirt.
While I was sewing my daughter picked up the top part and mentioned it would make her a nice top, which had been my plan in the beginning but her words to me at the time were that she didn't like the back of it. There's a crochet medallion she didn't like, I'm sure we can work something out.
The seams on the tiers are all raw and on the outside, there's no hem on the skirt, I have also left the raw edge on the top, so this was a very easy transformation (could have also been easily done bloodfree) and I think it an absolute bargain.
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