Remake: Yellow Embroidered Skirt

This skirt made me do a double take when I first saw it. New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

I mean, look at the amazing detail!!

New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

It fit a little big because the elastic in the waist was worn out...

New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

...but that's not something that's going to deter me from making this work!!

I began by taking out a few stitches at the seam...

New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

...to be able to access and remove the elastic that was inside.  For some reason I opted to just remove the stitches keeping the elastic together when it would have been easier to just cut it.  Sometimes I feel like I'm losing my mind!

New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

I pulled out the old elastic...

New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

...and grabbed some new elastic to use as a replacement!

New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

I added a safety pin to the end of the new elastic...

New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

...and pulled it through and around the circumference of the skirt.

New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

Once the elastic came out the other end and was measured to fit my waist, I stitched the ends together and paired it with a few basics from my closet!

New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

The more I spent time working on this, the more I thought that this was a pillowcase that someone repurposed into a skirt!

New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

I went matchy-matchy with the yellow kicks...

New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

...and brought in a navy belt and a tan vintage purse for some neutral accessorizing!

New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

Pattern action, much??  I'm all over it!!

New Dress A Day - DIY - vintage skirt

Hope everyone had a most wonderful weekend!  Happy Columbus Day!