Remake: Yellow Embroidered Skirt

This skirt made me do a double take when I first saw it.

I mean, look at the amazing detail!!

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

...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...

...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!

I pulled out the old elastic...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Devyn's NDAD Creation

More Halloween costumes from you guys!! This one is adorable, so you better "redneck-onize"! Check out Devyn's awesome costume that she repurposed...

I love Halloween and I love dressing up as an over-the-top character, but I don't like spending a lot of money. This year I wanted to be the child glitz pageant queen, Alana, aka Honey Boo Boo.... I mean, who doesn't want to get all frilly, eat pixie sticks and drink go-go juice all night? I made my own costume using an old Marie Antoinette costume I got a year ago on clearance for $5 from a party supply shop.

I cannot wait to see this!

I took a seam ripper to the bows, cut off the bell sleeves, and went to work gluing shiny fake jewels and flowers all over it with some fabric glue, and my trusty glue gun. I made a sash out of some wide ribbon, and found the perfect pair of white shoes from a thrift store for $3.

It was a super fun Halloween costume to wear, and looked pretty much like the real thing...

People thought I spent a ton of money on my look, but I spent less than $20 for the dress, accessories, and supplies to transform it!

You look SO fabulous, Devyn! Just the fact that you were able to take another costume and really transform it is incredible. All the extra bits of flair totally make it so ready for a Toddlers and Tiaras marathon! Looking forward to seeing this year's costume!

For more on Devyn, click HERE!

Lou's NDAD Creation

Halloween is right around the corner, so let's get some costume posts up and running! I received a bunch of costume submissions last year right after Halloween, so now it's time to post and give/get inspiration. Today's piece comes from Lou. I think you're going to like!

Hi Marisa! I enjoy reading your blog, and I wanted to share my Halloween creation with you! I bought this red dress at our local thrift store. I live in New Mexico, and I thought this color would be perfect to create a red chile Halloween costume for my baby.

Are you ready to see the amazingness??

I used one of his suits to measure the costume and took in the neck and arm holes. I created a chile pepper shaped "sack" for the body and the zipper in back stayed intact to easily get the baby in and out of the costume. I added a few green leaves at the neck with some scrap fabric, and I put on his knitted green hat from his baby shower.

I think he makes an adorable chile pepper (which is the state vegetable of New Mexico), and the whole costume was less than $5. Happy Halloween :)

I'm loving this, Lou! Your baby is delicious - I think I want to be swaddled up like this in a costume for myself this year!  What a way to repurpose that red dress and really tie the costume into where you live too! Your son should totally be the mascot of NM. Happy Halloween to you too - can't wait to see what you come up with this year!

PS, keep the Halloween submissions coming!