Heluu MuuMuu!
Hi!
A lot of you have been wondering what I’ve been up to and where I’ve been. First off, I apologize for making some of you worry.
I’ve been adulting, my friends. I have been doing some seriously hardcore adulting lately. 🙂
You see, I’m in the process of buying my first house! I’ve been super busy with house hunting, and really haven’t had time for much else. I can’t say much, as nothing is final yet, but I hope to have some really exciting news for you all very very soon. 🙂
In the meantime, I still need to de-stress, and nothing helps me relax and unwind quite like a fun refashion.
However, my sewing room was a mess! You can read more about how I dealt with it right here.
Now…back to the refashioning!
Well, Heluu MuuMuu!
Ah! I so love a comfy muumuu. However, even a casual evening with friends should never be quite that casual.
I grabbed my seam ripper and took it to those sleeves.
Pick. Pick. Pick.
This was taking forever, as they were triple-stitched in. As I was in a hurry, I only unpicked the tops of the sleeves, and then cut out the rest. I serged the raw edges and pinned everything under.
I <3 my serger.
I stitched the armholes down, then took in the sides.
Farewell, sweet pocket!
After the sides were taken in, I tried my new frock on and quickly realized how rusty I’ve gotten at refashioning. This was not going to work. I looked about 7 months pregnant. :/
But I wasn’t about to give up. I hacked off the bottom…
Buh-bye!
Then, I gave it a new hem.
Whirrrr!
And now I have a fun 70’s-style peasant top!
Complete with bellbottom jeans!
My fellas and I enjoyed a couple of local brews and tasty noms at The Twisted Spur.
Say hi, fellas!
So, I’m sorry I’ve been so woefully absent, but I promise to not be such of a stranger now.
I will also accept offers of physical labor for those of you who’d like to help me move next month.
Just kidding. That could get weird. 😉
Whether they realize it or not, these guys are about to be my moving crew. 😀
Cheers!
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16 Comments
I was thinking peasant top too, but also a cute flouncy skirt with the bottom you chopped. Heluu Jillian!
That’s fabulous! Congratulations on the very adult-like house buying adventure!
Wow, and that lovely embroidery from the hem would make gorgeous pockets if it could fit on it. Love that color.
Tres cute! Good to see you again!
So very glad to see you back!
This top turned out really cute. Very glad you had time to write a post and that all is well with you. Good luck with your new house.
Welcome back. We missed you. Congrats on your house!
Super cute top!!! Missed you in my inbox, but knew you would be back soon! Best wishes on the house shopping 🙂
I am glad your back! I was concerned you were abducted maybe by a weirdo from a thrift store
So glad you are back! Almost thought I was discharged from the email link.
So glad you checked in, Jillian! Happy house hunting! Have missed your refashions.
Was just thinking about you the other day –wondering what kind of adventures you were up to..!! Wow, guess you are officially an adult now,going to be a proud house owner!!! Good on you!! Great to see you back in the swing of refashioning–missed your e-mails! Best to you!!
Congrats on buying a house and I missed ya!!!! Love the refashion.
Congrats on the forthcoming house move. Can’t wait to see what your sewing room will look like in your new home. It will be so nice to be able to make it exactly how you want it without rental contract constraints.
Love this top. Now make a cute skirt to go with it using that awesome piece with the border ! Soooooooo glad you are back and just a weary house-hunter. Thought maybe you were getting burnt out on blogging responsibilities. Hope you find a perfect house with an amazing sewing room area and a huge closet.
Yes, you are allowed to have a life outside of blogging world but by all the comments following your last post you are a person who people really do care about. So glad to hear you are doing well and look forward to keeping up with your refashions and hopefully some thrifting for your new house.
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