Sew Baby Sew

The other day I was thinking I will be turning 24 in a few short months. I decided that there are some things I would like to do before my birthday. SO as my ideas usually go I sat Remy down and told him we need to make a list of goals we want to have accomplished before our birthdays (he will have two extra weeks to do his). He, being the good sport that he is, agreed and we got to work.

One of my goals was to make a skirt. I found a great tutorial that shows how to make a skirt out of a bed sheet. I was so excited and it looked really easy. I saved the website to my favorites (before my computer got a virus and wiped everything! grumble grumble) and then was on a hunt for a cute bed sheet.

Today was going to be the day for my skirt adventure. After I went visiting teaching I got ready to head to Value Village. I couldn't wait to have a cute new spring skirt to wear to church. *As a side note I have almost no cute spring/summer clothes mostly I think because I HATE shopping for them* As I walked to the bus stop it began to POUR down rain, but that wasn't going to dampen my spirits I was on a mission. I got to the store soaking wet and be-lined straight to the bedding. ALL the sheets were sooo ugly. I thought "How are these Utah women finding such cute bed sheets at thrift stores?" I'll have to get their secrets. I was a little and discouraged.

I decided since I came all this way in the rain I would walk around the store. I walked past rack after rack when a pattern caught my eye. I grabbed the hanger to find a pair of cute PJ pants in my size. (well a size larger but...) I was thrilled! I knew I could make something out of these pants. I went to the shoes to see if I could something to match my new (almost) skirt. I found some white cloth tennis shoes IN MY SIZE! With all this good luck how could I stop so I went to the shirts and found a shirt that would match perfectly...in my size!

I couldn't wait to come home and get started. As soon as I was in the door I showed Remy my purchases and got cutting.

As I was finishing cutting the second leg up the seam I thought, "I should find a pattern online. " With a quick google search I found I was doing things all wrong.Oh well, I just started pinning and cutting until it looked like something I liked and then got to work sewing. This is how it turned out...

My whole outfit cost me... $20 exactly!

So what your favorite thing to wear in spring?