Resizing My Clothes And A Thrift Flip

in OCD4 years ago

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I'm all about the budget lifestyle and that extends to even my wardrobe. In the past year I've lost a considerable amount of weight which has led to most of my clothes not fitting right anymore. I picked out a few clothes to resize since I currently can't afford new clothes.

First off is this African Ankara print skirt, the very first piece I made on a sewing machine. It was loose on the waist and hips.

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From the waist down to the hip area, I sewed in half an inch to make the skirt tighter and then from the hip area down to the hem of the skirt, I took in an inch.

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Next is this black corporate skirt gifted to me by a friend that I've never worn because it just isn't my size. I intentionally traveled home without a black skirt so I'd be moved to fix up this one.

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I did same reductions as in the first skirt to get a proper fit.

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This pants is what I usually wear to lounge at home and it was practically falling off my waist.

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I sewed in 1.5 inches on both sides, from the waist to hip area.

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Lastly, I did a flip on this pants I thrifted last year. It was originally a wide legged pants but I turned it into straight pants. It still didn't look right to me because of the length so I shortened it.

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I measured the inches I wanted to cut out, adding an extra inch to fold in the hem.

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I ironed the folded hem neatly and then sewed it.

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Here's the outcome...

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Thanks for reading

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This is amazing, you did a great job, everything turned out fitting nicely.

I have found a bunch of clothes in my mom's closet and also had to do some adjustments, now some of those pieces are my favorite to wear. :)

Thank you!

Mums have the best style. I'm sure the adjusted pieces look great on you.

Manually curated by EwkaW from the Qurator Team. Keep up the good work!

I didn't read the whole thing, but nice ass...

Wow you really tried resizing them perfectly. I'm so bringing mine 😂

Bring em!

😜😋Say it louder 😂