Clubbing in your 30's

Over the weekend, for the first time in many months, my book club convened!  It was a very busy fall and winter and we went on an extended hiatus, which I am sure we will do our best NOT to repeat.  It can be difficult to bring 11 hard working women/moms/wives together sometimes.

A number of my fellow book club ladies have been so kind to express their appreciation of this blog, so I DEFINITELY had to throw a refashion together to wear to our meeting.

I went with this fuchsia linen/rayon number:

I obtained this size-18 tank dress from the Salvation Army for $0.69! Every Saturday and Sunday anything with the tag color of the week is only 69 measly cents! Unfortunately, by the weekend there is not a lot left, but if you aren't too discerning about size, you can still find some gems!

The first step was to throw it over The Body and pin it up:

Getting this off of The Body was tough. I definitely lost a number of pins in the process. Luckily, they left little pin holes, so it was pretty easy to replace them before sewing.

Speaking of which:

I still needed to take in the darts a bit, to prevent some bagginess in the chest area.

I decided to wing it:

It went okay, I would have taken in more, if I didn't need to still pull it over my head.

Next up, the hem. I did a rough estimate of the amount to remove when I tried it on, so I measured and chopped a similar number of inches.

Then I pinned it with an inch-ish hem...I'm so precise. :) I am sure you actual seamstresses can't even handle my loose attitude towards measurement. 

I sewed up the hem and that was it!  I was ready for book club!

Paired with my bow belt and Gucci jellies, it was a great ensemble for a warm spring day!

It was so nice to see all the ladies again and I am looking forward to a shorter break between meetings this time around.

Final comparison:

See the extended version, and my uncertainty over what to do with the side zipper, on my blog: www.hemsandhahas.com