Some Clothing Alterations

Because I've been M.I.A. for so long, I figured that I would post a couple of the projects I've worked on during my absence. I really like to buy clothes from the thrift store and alter them to fit me. Here is a giant pair of linen pants that I turned into a skirt. This was my first time doing this and I am really pleased with the results.

 I always wanted a pair of corduroy pants, but I am not a fan of flare pants. For most other pants, this wouldn't be a problem, but for some reason, corduroys are almost always sold as flares. I found this pair at my local Goodwill and fell in love with their color. They are the perfect shade of peach and work well for fall and spring outfits.

 I turned them inside out and pinned the legs tight to mine. Then I stitched along where I pinned and cut off the excess fabric. Now they fit perfectly as skinny cords!

 Another alteration I worked on was fitting this skirt. I am a women's size 6-8 but this skirt and it's matching blazer were about a size 14. I altered this the same way as I did the corduroy pants with great results.

 Now it fits perfectly. Please excuse my awkward arms in these pictures. I didn't know how to pose them so I tried holding them up out of the shot, except they are still visible.

Well, I hope that these clothing alterations make up a little for my long absence. I will really try to post more often now that I am on winter break.

Meow

Make Your Own Infinity Scarves

I have an irrational love of infinity scarves. I am constantly buying and making new ones. A friend of a friend gave me this old blue gauze skirt this summer and though it's not my style, I held on to it.

So I finally figured out what to do with the skirt-make it into an infinity scarf! Actually, make it into THREE infinity scarves! Here's a little step-by-step tutorial of how I made them:

First, I cut the skirt apart along the seams. This resulted in three extra-wide panels.

Next I cut the panels in half along the long edge. This created six long rectangles of gauze.

For each scarf, I serged the short edges together along one side of the panels. The skirt was dyed ombre so I paired the light sides together so that the gradient of the scarf would go from dark to light and back to dark.

After serging the short edges together, I serged the other short edges so they wouldn't fray. At this point I had a skinny, long retangle of fabric for each scarf. The next step is to fold the long rectangle in half "hotdog style" and serge that long edge. This forms a tube.

Turn the tube inside out so all the seams are on the inside of the tube. Then handstitch the serged short edges together to connect the tube into a circle. And voila! Three new infinity scarves from a pretty blue ombre gauzy material!

Hope you liked my tutorial! Happy New Years!

Meow 

Absence

I'm sorry for my long absence. Life has gotten a way from me so I have not had time to blog. I became very busy in October because I started two new jobs. One is as event staff at the event center at my university and the other job is as a research assistant for one of our university laboratories. I quit the track team to focus more time on my studies and I honestly have to say that I do not miss it. I like being physically lazy. But I really threw myself into my studies so I was not mentally lazy. I received very good grades for this fall semester. I brainstormed a few posts but I never actually posted them, so I'll have to get on that now that life has slowed down again. So you guys will hear from me soon!

Meow