A Little Tweak for Style

It was just cool enough to need a shawl yesterday. 

I love knitting shawls but they are not always easy to wear

because

they don't stay put and you have to fuss all the time you wear one!

So I placed the shawl over my shoulders

and pinched where the underarm would be if it was a sweater.

(I rearranged it so the back hung like a swing sweater

and the fronts curled nicely, too.)

Then I did a whipped stitch to keep the edges in place

 and wore it like a little shrug

all day

and it never fell off my shoulder or shifted

so I never had to fear bending over or moving freely!!!!!

I will do this with all of my crescent shaped shawls!

And today, I will be going to quilting group.

I will take the sewing mat and finish it!

Classy Now

 So first I cut about 18 ' off of the full length bridesmaid dress....

 And then stitched the tiny knife edge hem around several miles (almost)

on both the sheer out layer and then for tricot lining.

 And VOILA-here is the cropped swing blouse to top it all off!

 It has a lot of movement when it is worn-I think she will be thrilled with the remake!

You can see the full swing of the back to echo the folds of the dress.

Now for three shiny buttons-rhinestones, I'm thinking!

I will head to the store tomorrow to pick some out!

It was a lot of fussing but worth it to have this for the outcome!

This turned out so well, I am thinking of doing it to one of my old formals!