Whether or not you've plans for this weekend, everybody can have fun with this refashion!
I started out with this silky pajama set:
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| Happy V-day, yo! |
Unfortunately, RIGHT after I took the before shot, the batteries died! So then I had to resort to my cell phone . . . don't say I didn't warn you ;)
I was immediately inspired by those candy-apple-red pants.
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| I'm so bright and shiny! |
I took my scissors and snipped the inside seams of those legs right off!
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| I definitely encourage just cutting seams off. Don't bother with a seam ripper. |
Then I turned the pants so the openings were on the sides, pinned and sewed!
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| See where I'm going with this? |
The material was VERY prone to fraying, so as soon as I sewed one hem, I turned the material right around and used a zig-zag stitch to catch all the frays.
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| Trims those frays, and you'll be good to go! |
Now, what to do with those funny shapes left from the crotch of the pants?
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| Like weirdo inverse pockets or something . . . |
Of course, I could've just sewed a straight line past those, but I had a different idea :)
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| Pin it, for some cool draping! |
And then I pulled the pinned section up and pinned AGAIN!
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| Double draping! |
I repeated that on the other side, hand-sewed/tacked them down, and that was that!
And you know what I discovered?
There are SO MANY WAYS to wear this skirt!
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| Long Side-ruches |
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| Natural-waist Side Ruches |
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| Long Front-Ruches |
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| Natural-Waist Front Ruches |
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| Haute-Couture Dress! |
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| Now THIS is a Valentine's Day dress! |
This skirt is so unique and variable! And silky soft, too :)
Thanks for reading! I hope you get some good love from friends and family this weekend!
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