Welcome to Day 42! As a Douglas Adams fan, this is my favorite number (as well as my former Roller Derby #!).
The Hitchhiker’s Guide’s guide advises you not to panic, and I’m not going to. I know just the thing to do for this frumpy robe! 🙂
THHG also says:
“The chances of finding out what’s really going on in the universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied.”
I decided to occupy myself by making this robe into a pretty top! First, I chopped off the bottom right where the pockets began.
Next, I pinned the raw edge under, like so:
Then, I sewed it under.
I pressed my new hem, and now I have a lovely silk top!
I wore my new top for a night of Trivi-Yeah! at The Whig, where my team did surprisingly well. 🙂
Team “Poking the Stiff Kitten” won the free beer round (oh yeah!) and came in 2nd place overall! I feel victory is imminent next week. 🙂
Cheers!
I started this blog from day 365 and I’ve been back tracking. So I just found out on this one that you were a derby girl. I am currently a derby girl!! My dream for when (or if) I give up derby….is to buy a sewing machine and get crafty!
I really really love this color on you!
It reminds me of this $178 Anthropologie dress:
http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=22569909&catId=CLOTHES-DRESSES&pushId=CLOTHES-DRESSES&popId=CLOTHES&navCount=48&color=095&isProduct=true&fromCategoryPage=true&isSubcategory=true&subCategoryId=CLOTHES-DRESSES-PRINTED&templateType=subCategory
Lovely! (And I also love HGTG!)
It’s definitely one of my favorite books of all time. I first read it when I was at the height of my teen-angsty phase, and it was one of the few things that made me laugh out loud! 🙂
Very nice final result. I just love the fabric!
Lovely, looks very pretty!
Thank ya!
Nice work! Plus kimono tops are bang on trend for autumn!!