Ahoy #2- a pencil skirt

These were another pair of pants that were $1. I bought them the same time I bought the other sailor-ish pants that I turned into shorts (click here for more information)

When I initially tried them on they were big and didn't sit right. I gave up and washed them. When I washed them, they sort of shrunk and then I took the picture ... They were much bigger prior to washing I promise!

But these pants still sit sort of odd. Can't salvage them as pants. Plus those gold buttons as pants just don't work. But this would make a great pencil skirt!

So off I went to convert pants to a skirt. Super easy of course, just had to get past the BIAS TAPE SEAMS... I just opted to cut them off. No need to make my life complicated. Then I took my seam ripper and pulled out the inner leg seams. Actually, I ripped them off like the Hulk opening up a bag of potato chips.

Poof, open. Flatten them out and sew out the J shape of the inseam. Cut off the bottom. Hem.

Done. But wait, 2 of the gold button tab front jumped ship. This of course meant finding where they decided to hide in my apartment (yeah that took awhile!). I sewed them back on.

Yeah! Yay for new skirt!

 I just love this skirt! Just way too cute!

Here is the recap!

These pants just work better as a skirt! 

Cheers,

Lauren

Iron Craft #29- Buttons

This week's Iron Craft Challenge is buttons. Make something with buttons. Actually it was perfect b/c I had just purchased this blue skirt from goodwill for $1 and I wanted to make it more nautical by adding some buttons. Poof, someone must have heard my plans/thoughts b/c then this challenge appeared. Now where is my million dollars????.....

Again found this skirt at goodwill for $1. And I wanted to make it nautical by adding some buttons down the front.

I picked up 2 packs of white buttons (I liked no other buttons, no light brown or gold appealed to me at the store).

Simply I laid them out and figured out what I wanted to do with it. They were impossible to pin down to I added 1 at a time.... on side at a time.

The final product..

Here it is on.

Pretty simple to do. Sorry I was going to take a cuter picture but was running out of time and I wasn't feeling like getting all dolled up. But I can't wait to wear it out!

XOXOXO,
Lauren