another re{fashion}!

Happy Tuesday! 


Well. A fussy {possibly teething} baby and the arrival of gorgeous weather are certainly interfering with my sewing/crafting/creating/me time.  I need to get back into gear quick as I have some pretty lofty goals and plans for some projects that need to get done soon {very soon}.


What I'm working on:
* creative wedding gift of date nights {for a wedding this Friday night! can we say procrastination?}
* an apron {kids} for part of a birthday gift {for this Saturday! yup...procrastination!}
* a "twurddle pawncess" skirt for my 2 year old {that's 2 year old for twirl princess skirt...just because she asked for one}
* and the pile of unfinished projects still sitting here {that I may have added to...}


Even though I already had my "to do" list of projects, I had to whip up {re-fashion} this little thing last night...


I was sorting through the kids' clothes yesterday and came across this little dress in the back of my daughter's closet.

I had bought it from Baby Gap six years ago for my second daughter and just loved it.  It was one of those things that I just couldn't part with after she outgrew it {it was 0-3 months}, even though there's nothing particularly special about it.  It's just a knit dress.  Low and behold a few years later we had another girl {not exactly planned}.  I pulled out the cute ric-rac Baby Gap dress for her, but she never wore it {being born in the winter}. So the dress has just sat on a hanger, moved from closet to closet, never worn again.


Then yesterday, along came another "aha" re-fashion kick moment.  I looked, measured, looked, measured, thought, and debated...finally coming to the decision to cut it off and make it into a skirt for my 2 year old.  It took all of about 15 minutes.  {I think the deciding part of whether to actually do it or not took longer.}

I cut off the top leaving just enough to attach an elastic waist to.  I happened to already have 1" hot pink knit elastic, so I just zig-zagged it on and voila!

  

Don't mind the pictures...this little 2 year old can't be bribed to pose for pictures.  I've tried and tried...