Lately I have been stealing my mom's old clothes and wearing them myself, or tailoring them to better fit my body and my style. Most of the actual tailoring I've done has been simply chopping the bottoms off of maxi skirts or bringing in the waste, but today, I decided to take it to a whole new level. Above is a picture of the maxi skirt in its original form. Here's what I did to it... First I cut off the fabric on the bottom so that i had to skirt at the length I wanted. Once I finished cutting, I quickly hemmed the bottom, and I brought the waste in my simply sewing all the way down one side of the skirt, far enough from the end so that I was reducing the right amount- really pay attention to how much you really need to reduce, not doing it right the first time is a hassle. When the skirt portion was done, I decided I wanted to make a sleeveless cropped button down top out of the remaining fabric. The only problem was the I didn't have a pattern. I decided not to let not having a pattern stop me. I found a button down that still fit, but was a hand-me-down that I never really liked. I used my seam ripper to tear it up into its basic pieces, taking notes on the process and measurements in order to compare them to mine in order to see how actual measurements end up relating the the clothes- this step is pretty unnecessary, mainly just for me trying to understand patterns. I then traced the pieces on tissue paper, and proceeded to treat them as any old pattern , leaving some seam allowance before cutting the fabric. I was kind of surprised to discover how smoothly everything went. It all looks great, and I now have a great sense of accomplishment! I hope you give it a try if you have the chance! Please follow me on instagram @hopewritesfashion and leave a comment to tell me what you think!! Thanks for reading!
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