Wednesday Remake: Ruffled Skirt

I think I grabbed this skirt mostly for the pure weight of it.  It was heaaaaaavy!! New Dress A Day - Vintage Dress - Goodwill - thrift store shopping

I mean, check out this wingspan!

New Dress A Day - Vintage Dress - Goodwill - thrift store shopping

The floral print was attractive, but I'm not gonna lie...this skirt totally reminded me of the outfits that the waitresses wore at El Torito when I was a kid.  Perhaps that's why six-year-old Marisa was obsessed with going there for birthdays.

New Dress A Day - Vintage Dress - Goodwill - thrift store shopping

Wearing this skirt is a total workout, so it's time to make it a little lighter!

I decided that all the eyelet lace at the bottom of the skirt was going to go!  I grabbed a seam ripper and started the journey to the center of the Earth.

New Dress A Day - Vintage Dress - Goodwill - thrift store shopping

Yep, as simple as this was, it took a VERY long time.  Jules Verne could have written the sequel in the amount of time it took to get all the way around this seam.

New Dress A Day - Vintage Dress - Goodwill - thrift store shopping

I was left with enough material to make a bed skirt!

New Dress A Day - Vintage Dress - Goodwill - thrift store shopping

I took a lint roller to grab all the bits of thread that were still in the seam, because it was quicker than cleaning up by hand!

New Dress A Day - Vintage Dress - Goodwill - thrift store shopping

That's it!!  I decided to keep the rest of the skirt intact and paired it with a turquoise tank and some heels.

New Dress A Day - Vintage Dress - Goodwill - thrift store shopping

What a huge difference in just one, albeit long, step!!

New Dress A Day - Vintage Dress - Goodwill - thrift store shopping

It's really like night and day, and this new skirt definitely wouldn't be El Torito appropriate anymore.  Well, it's been SO long since I've been to one, so who knows...perhaps the wardrobe has changed since the early 80s!

New Dress A Day - Vintage Dress - Goodwill - thrift store shopping

This might be part of my Labor Day wardrobe...easy, breezy, and something that works with heels or flip flops!

New Dress A Day - Vintage Dress - Goodwill - thrift store shopping

Throwing it in the suitcase now!!  It would have put my suitcase over the weight limit at the airport in the before stage :)