So I was at Goodwill...I grabbed this totally adorable fabric out of the bins. I loved it--it has a small geometric vibe but also manages to reference the ikat trend that I feel myself being manipulated into liking. Despite sacrificing my personal hygiene somewhat in a fruitless search for a flat sheet of the same fabric, I headed home.
Then I washed everything. That's always the second step of any story that begins with "So I went to Goodwill...". Thinking rightly that the only garment I could make for myself out of fabric this scanty would be appropriate in Las Vegas and certain neighborhoods of Miami Beach, I turned an eye to my daughter The Ya-Ya's wardrobe.
I cut off the trim (from the white cotton that formed the plain top of the bedskirt) so that I had a long continuous line. I cut that line into three equal parts and on the bottom one, attached 10-ish inches of the white cotton. I sewed that into a tube and then sewed the other two pieces of trim into tubes. I spaced them out on the bottom trim (with cotton) and top stitched them into place. I then simply folded the top down to make a two-inch pocket of fabric to hold my elastic waistband. I threaded the elastic and sewed it in place.
Voila! Now the Ya-Ya is ready to dominate Summer. Pity Summer. It's going down.
I heart ikat as well! The Ya ya is truly trendy and I do sorrow for Summer ;)
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