SEW: useful old skirts and dresses 2021

 ugh I swear none of my clothing fits anymore. I no longer donate my clothes as they are worn out to begin with. So I find a use for them.

March 2021

black corduroy skirt. too long and too tight at the waist BUT perfect for drafter dodgers at the base of my inside doors. Folded or rolled the material into a long tube and tied off in 4 spots with yarn to hold it together.

photos in no particular order LOL

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next the dress turned into  knit and walk storage

March 25

I loved this dress, Mom and I had the same dress. It was cotton long-sleeved and had mirrors in the bodice. I have tried it on every year for decades. Last year I couldn't even zipper it at all.  good grief. But did not want to part with it. Then I decided- yes need to make a bag out of it for my knit&walk projects each morning. It fits into a cart on wheels.

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August 4 2021

well that knit and walk bag is history. It kept slipping in the cart so I took it out and replaced it with an old laundry bag I had that I no longer use. Clothes pins hold that in place and it is a light color. But the other day a light bulb went on and I thought I can make a skirt out of that mirrored dress.  Working on it now.

Measured from the hem up to 29 inches and marked that with a white crayon. Then had to go to youtube and refresh my memory of how to do "gathering" by machine sewing 2 rows at the waistline.. Did that then wound a black bobbin and sewed near the gatherings. I needed it to measure about 39 inches. my waist ugh. Taking a break now- just so much leaning into the sewing machine that I can do each day.

we will see.

 well that went well NOT. Now I get to stitch rip the whole thing. It was a little too big in the waist and too much work to fix it. I tried it on anyhow and good grief. I am definitely will not wear a skirt ever again. It accentuates the Pillsbury Dough Boy waistline and makes me look even frumpier than I am if that is possible. It will make a great room darkening curtain at the kitchen door when it is already depressing out there and I want to block the light. ugh photos later.

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finished ripping out a hem which turned out to be one I did to shorten the dress for me. Because once I ripped it out there is another hem in there that is machine stitched TINY stitches. It will take me a week to undo!

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