I found this breezy summer skirt at a thrift store for $3.99. It was half price day on all clothing, so I grabbed it and a few other skirts to play around with. It actually fit me with no alterations needed. WHOA, right? I wore is a few times, but felt frumpy and unhappy with it. The skirt was made with three tiers, so I decided to remove the bottom tier, thinking that would be a good length. It was easy to cut apart, but I was surprised at the remaining skirt portion; it was quite a bit shorter than I intended. Whoops….
I had an old tablecloth with a gorgeous crocheted trim in my stash . The table cloth wasn’t something that I wanted to ever use, but the trim is amazing. I detached the trim from the tablecloth while watching some TV and then added it to the bottom of my summer skirt. I love that it gave me a bit of length to the skirt and TONS of pretty feminine detail to this $1.99 skirt.
Now, the bottom of that skirt…… It’s already hemmed and perfect for adding onto something……
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Love,
Amy Jo at The Little Moments
I dont wear skirts shorter than knee length or just above so do tend to skip short dresses, adding the lace or crochet is a good idea! I think it's prettier too
ReplyDeleteHi, the crocheted trim is very pretty- not sure I'd want to see the 'crotched' one! ;)
ReplyDeleteAdding lace or some other trim is my go-to when a skirt is a little too short for me. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThe crocheted trim works so well with the print on the skirt. It's like they were made for each other!
ReplyDelete-Carissa
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