MY REFASHIONING TRIUMPH

Throwing away things that are of no use to me again has been a war, not that I don’t let them go, I just don’t throw them away, it always feels like a waste except on few occasions. When I saw this topic, the most recent refashioned article I made came to mind since I can easily make use of my personal pictures, hehe. I was at home when my sister came to my room to give me some clothes, telling me it was from her friend to me. I was really excited because I had visited her with just some clothes and I was going to stay longer than I planned, so I really needed extras clothes.

Filled with excitement, I opened the bag to see what was inside. I was so happy because all the clothes looked really good but then, one of them was too big for me. I couldn’t help but find the color intriguing and that was because I don’t have any color like that in my wardrobe. I remember I was really tired that day but then I told myself I was going to revisit it, hehe. I thought about what to do with the dress even while I was resting and the truth was, I also thought of just letting it go because when I thought about the stress I’d go through to amend it to my size, it was going to be too much.

Again, I told myself to calm down and just rest first then think about it the next day or even the day after. I had these thoughts of amending the clothes because my sister is a fashion designer and some how, I have been able to learn a few things from her just by hanging around her and this was why I really considered doing something to the dress the kind ma’am gave to me instead of just doing away with it. It was on a Wednesday I got the dress and by Thursday, I realized that I don’t have another outfit to wear for church service by Sunday, it was at that point I realized that the dress was a blessing in disguise.

Thursday morning, immediately I did most of the chores I had to do in the house, the next thing I did was pick up the two pieces I was given and I started working on them. The dress was well weaved so it was really tiring loosing all the threads out. After loosing them out, I had to cut away from the length because it was too long and afterwards, I joined them back with my sister’s sewing machine. Then, all I had to do with the top was loose the arm part and then sew it back without gathering it.

In the end, I was very impressed by the results I got and that alone made me more interested in refashioning clothes instead of throwing them away and of course, I can also give out the clothes that are too small for me or I don’t need anymore. As for the complete procedure on how I achieved success in making something this beautiful, feel free to check out the post I made about a month ago titled CHANGE YOUR STYLE.

I’m so glad I made the choice of working on the dress because even the person that gave me the dress was impressed my how it looked on me. That situation thought me the need to take some time out when I’m stressed because it does have a way of making me feel pessimistic about some things. Because I was tired, I almost went with the option of just letting go of that dress but then, when I got a good rest, I was able to see how much I needed the dress and I gave my time and creative thinking to make something beautiful out of it.

This is my entry for the #wastelesswednesday, I hope you had a great time stopping by ❤️. Have a lovely weekend 😘.