From Nada to Prada ;)

This week we have been lent a sewing machine to accomplish some altering of historical costumes so that we can go as a family to a reenactment this weekend. You don't know *how* good it feels to get back into sewing! My poor machine has been ill for a year now, and shows no signs of revival anytime soon. :P So when I saw that we had the machine for a little while my mind immediately flew to projects I've had on hold during this whole year. Enter: The Too Short, Adorable Dress.A dear friend of mine, The King's Daughter, had given it to me, as it was too short for her. But I found I was too tall for it too, so I thought, "Why not make it into a shirt?" That was what I aimed to do. I laid it out on the table this afternoon:

I measured how short I needed it to be, then marked that on the wrong side of the fabric:

Then Snip-Snip! (The frightening part. :P) And there on the table was my new shirt, ready to be hemmed. I even had some left over for a head-band!

 

Here's a view of my happy-tiny hem. :) 

The finished product! :) I left it a little longer because the style of the new shirt (having formerly been a dress) would have looked funky much shorter.

 

Pardon the ultra-concentrated expression on my face--it's harder than you'd guess, taking a picture at that angle in a mirror. :P

 

And a view of the hem and whatever else this picture shows.  Isn't that fun? I made myself a much needed addition to my outfit by cutting down something that formerly would not have been very modest! I feel triumphant! :D Any sewing bugs biting around your house?

This is entirely random, but on the subject of clothes, I love my red and white polka-dot dress! :) The King's Daughter [again] passed it along to me, and, despite my sisters calling it the Minnie Mouse dress, I love it. So feminine and stylish! ~Rachel