Wrap Skirt

My mom had this ugly apron type looking dress thing that someone gave her. I won’t mention any names, but I’m pretty sure they didn’t like it and wanted to get rid of it lol. I told my mom that she doesn’t need it so I’ll change it into something else. I randomly wrapped one side around my waist and said, “Eh, maybe I can do something with this.” I cut one whole side of the dress off at the shoulder blades, and was left with the back side of the dress.  The easiest thing to do is to make something fit your shape, because after all, you’re the one sewing it and you are also the mannequin. Most mannequins are just standard size, unless you get a mold of the person’s body, like how Shania Twain did for her Super Bowl half-time performance outfit. But since the material was already sewn before, it was easier since most of the hem lines were already attached. I made a few cuts and new hem lines to match the shape of the skirt that I wanted and tada! The only thing I needed was to fasten it with something. I love zippers but they didn’t look right with this type of skirt, so I ended up unwillingly buying buttons. I never wanted to use buttons because those things look impossible. I had my mom give me a button tutorial because I usually let her sew all of my buttons. After getting the tutorial, I just let her do all the button sewing and buttonhole sewing for this skirt. It was just too much and I figured I’ll take the chance on the next project. There are 3 buttons on this skirt. The big button is shown, and I made sure I got a special decorative button for that. Two smaller 2-hole buttons are hidden within the skirt. One button is parallel to the big button, but just inside as another fastener. The other button is inside as well towards where the two sides meet by the thigh, so the skirt doesn’t fly up, since it’s already showing enough thigh as is it. It will probably be worn at a summer Hawaiian festive event with a bandeau top and heels, since I have yellow heels (the same color as the yellow in the skirt) to complete the outfit.