Here's my first blog refashion. I bought this skirt at Goodwill because it looked super comfortable and I loved the print. However it was kind of faded and frumpy. The pink from the flowers had run into the rest. I decided to try and dye it a nice shade of purple. I was thinking that I'd match it up with an old solid purple maternity shirt that I don't wear anymore except around the house and make it into a dress.
I followed the directions on the Rit bottle exactly as they said, except the part where it said let it soak for 30 minutes. I put the skirt in the washer with the dye and forgot about it... for two hours. This is what I ended up with...
Yikes. Too dark and looking way worse than before.
But turn it inside out and look how nice this purple is!
I pulled it up around my boobs to see where I wanted it to fall as a dress. When I did this I realized it was way too full and definitely needed taken in some.
I lined it up where I wanted the front to be and sewed a seam down the back taking it in quite a bit. Then I chopped off the excess and the waistband.
It's funny that the tee I was wearing in the before picture now actually matched the inside of the skirt perfectly so I decided to use it as the top for my new dress. I put the shirt on and the taken in part of the skirt and marked both where they needed to meet for it to fall where I wanted it to under my bust.
Because the top of the skirt was now so jagged and uneven from me just chopping off the elastic waistband I decided to measure up from the top seam from the first layer. I'm sure there's a more technical way to do it, but this was the best I could think of quickly. I made sure several times that the shirt's right side and the skirts right side (or really the inside-out, but the solid purple part) were together when I pinned it before I sewed it.
Then I used my machine's stretch stitch to sew it together. And as you can see I put the pins in the wrong way. I'm really good at doing that!
I tried it on and was glad that it met up the way I wanted, but it was still pretty loose and un-shapely. I took the sides in a bit more to get a more fitted feel, but not too much so that it was still loose and easy to get into.
I decided to use some of the bottom of the tee to make a pocket for the bottom of the skirt.
And here's the finished product. It's not the most flattering thing I've ever worn, but it is probably the most comfortable. I absolutely love it, and the pocket was the best addition. It is nice and deep and was perfect for my day of in and out of the van with the kids. I just dropped my phone and keys in my pocket and away we went.
It's also great for lounging around the house as well. :)
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