Expanding the Closet

Hello, hello! 

Today's refashion is really important to me because there have always been a few articles of clothing that I believe every girl should have in her closet.

The first thing I believe every girl should have is a pair of nude heels or wedges. Nude heels, in my opinion, spice up any outfit, makes your legs look longer and leaner, and can be the single piece that ties it all together.

The second article is a cute printed scarf. Nothing says comfy like a scarf, and the print can take one outfit, and make it an entirely different one.

And the last article is a jean jacket.

A jean jacket can do so many things. It can add a rustic feeling to an outfit, make a skirt look a little less dressy, and can match with almost everything you try on.

Sadly, I didn't have a jean jacket in my closet. Until now.

Today's refashion started out with this jacket.

It is way too big for me, the length is not flattering, and the collar reminds me of the 80's. Nothing said "don't mess with me" like an upturned collar.

Since I'm not a bad boy from the 80's, and since I'm only a little taller than 5 feet, something needed to be done.

First, I took out those strings.

Why were those even there? When I pulled on the strings, it didn't tighten like it was supposed to. I'm thinking the strings were just too old, and had lost the elasticity. So I had no problem with cutting those out.

Next, I measured where I'd like the jacket to end on me...

..and promptly got to cutting.

Buh-bye, unflattering length. I shall not miss you.

At this point in the refashion I realized I was hungry. So up to our kitchen I went. I made a delicious smoothie, and then went back to work.

NOM NOM NOM.

Once I got back to the refashion, I knew I didn't want that collar on there. So I grabbed my trusty seam ripper and got to work.

I can honestly say the longest part of this refashion was taking off the collar. That thing was ON THERE. Someone really didn't want this collar to come off. But it was no match for me. After about an hour and a half, I had viciously ripped that thing off.

Bam! Take THAT, collar! Don't mess with me!

Next, I knew those sleeves were not my fave, and so I got to cutting them off. 

Snip!

I tried on the jacket at this point, and realized I was still swimming in it. Although I wanted the jacket to be bigger and comfy, it was still too big.

So I grabbed near an inch and a half of fabric from the inside, and got to pinning.

I'm sure you know by now that when I pin something, I sew it. I didn't take pictures of my awesome sewing action for two reasons: One, I've sewed enough things for you to know what it looks like, and two, I kept messing up, and it was really aggravating me.

But no worries, I finally got my fingers working, and I sewed it all the way up. 

I put on my outfit for the day, threw on the jean jacket, and that was that!

I really love this jean jacket. I worked really hard on it (stupid fingers! You know how to sew!) and I've been dying to add a jean jacket to my closet for a while now.

My mind could not let go of all the waste I had left over. Those awesome, deep pockets! After some long thinking, I finally came up with an idea that will allow me to use up all the left over pieces. I will be sharing this refashion with you soon. But, that means this refashion (and the refashion coming up) are completely no-waste refashions! I'm so excited! No clothes and pieces in the trash can and landfills!

So, what do you think? Any guesses as to what I will be making with the left over pieces? Let me know in the comments below.