YARNPITS

Hahaha admit you're laughing at this title because I am...

So it was just another day at the D.I. when I came upon the perfect grandma mumu and matching jacket! A mumu in my words means a giant shapeless dress grandmas wear for pajamas or church dress... they are apparently very versatile! I didn't take a before picture but this dress is similar to what it looked like.

I thought this dress would make a perfect maxi skirt! It was a nice cotton fabric that was navy with pink flowers. I bought it but there was one problem, it wasn't long enough if I cut it under the armpits. So I used the armpit holes as pockets. I cut under the neck but above the armpits and used the jacket material for the waistband and pocket insides. That is where the title came from haha and i just threw the yarn part in because it is somewhat sewing related!

I also used the buttons on the jacks to add some detailing to the back of the dress on by the slit.

This project was really easy and I have worn it a lot. I love a skirt with pockets :)

THRIFT SHOPPIN

One of my favorite stores is the D.I. Yes it has a reputation having pretty gnarly stuff... But that just makes it all that much better when you find a gem that you love! Well I was lucky enough to find this white dress one day. It looked pretty bad but I saw so much potential in it because I loved the fabric pattern and feel.

Little did I know I was in for a lot of work to fix it up... Heres how it went:

• First i took the sides in so that the waist fit well around me.
• Cut the neck line- this was the hardest part. I wanted a nice clean scoop neck but with that fabric I couldn't just do a single stitch I had to sew it to another piece of fabric and fold it over so there weren't stitches showing.
• in the process of the neckline I took out the zipper to make the back of the neck into a low V.
• Resewed the zipper in.
• took in the sleeves to fit tighter
• cut the bottom of the dress. This was the second hardest part because I reallllllly wanted to make it a high-low dress (short in the front, long in the back... like a mullet ;) Haha to do this I traced a hula hoop to cut the dress round.
• With some extra fabric my mom helped me make a ruffle for the bottom. I could not do this without her! shes sews a big stitch through the ruffle then moves the fabric around to make an even ruffle. Then she sewed the ruffle to the bottom of the dress.

This dress had an extreme make over that took for.ev.er! But I ended up loving it :) This is one thing that I have made that I am pretty proud of because of how impossible it seemed at first and how much work went into it.