Make It Work

 One of the sewing series my favorite Youtuber does that I've been interested in is something she calls "What would make me wear this?"  

She basically takes things from her closet that she doesn't wear for some reason and figures out what the problem is then tries to fix it.

Some of them have been fairly simple fixes and some more complex but each becomes something wearable for her that is no longer just taking up space in her closet.

Recently, I have had some issues with some of my dresses. Specifically, it seems to be primarily ones with shirred elastic waistbands.

This dress is one of them. I think it's very pretty. The fabric is very soft and flowy. And it is long like I prefer. And not cut too low.

Although you can't really see it in this picture, though, it has a shirred elastic waistband. And while it isn't quite an empire waist, it's pretty high.

In case you didn't know, empire waists don't work with larger busted women. 

Particularly with shirred elastic waists which end up seeming to climb up the bottom of your bust because there's really no room for them.

It occurred to me that I should just chop off that top part that didn't really fit my top part and make it into a skirt.

So I did.

Not too shabby. I love it. And I'll get more wear out of it now.

My own little version of "What would make me wear this?"

At least on this one, I figured it out.