"Anthroploging" a Skirt

     Hi, I wanted to share with you how I blinged up this velvet skirt.( I got this $100.00 skirt for $12.00. I love those end of the season racks at the expensive department stores ;-). It is a beautiful velvet skirt but kind of boring. Plus velvet is so formal and I wanted to be able to use it for every day. I brain-stormed for a while how to "Anthroplogie" it and I am happy how it came out.

    Here is what I did. I got some cheap polyester lining for suits and such at the fabric store, about 1/2 yard. I tore it into 1/2" wide long strips. The fabric did not always tear straight but that was okay! If a strip was too wide, I would tear it in half again, lengthwise. To get the tearing going, I would first have to make a snip in the fabric with scissors. When I had a ton of strips, I put on a good movie and with a needle/tread hand-gathered the strips. Again not being perfect, I would run the needle in and out of the fabric and every few inches, knot off the thread (but I did not cut the thread but kept sewing it until I got to the end of the strip). After a month of this I took all these gathered strips and arranged them on the skirt, overlapping and basically playing with them until I found a pattern I liked. Then I pinned the strips to the velvet and just sewed down the center. I left the edges raw. Really it is simple to do, just a bit time consuming but a great reason to watch a movie. This skirt looks great dressed up but also great with a chunky sweater and boots!!

PS do you like my teal shoes? A 50th birthday gift and another end-of-the-season deal!

Comments

[Theresa]

Very pretty and so thrifty! I LOVE anything from Anthropologie. :) What a clever way to make something affordable and classic!

[Eve]

Ahhh! I love those shoes. Who makes them? I just inherited a dark grey skirt from my mom, nice...but boring. I threw it on my sewing pile to use for fabric. I will Anthro it up after seeing this.

[Tracy]

It all looks fabulous Clarice - well done!

[Gill]

So very wearable- well done! I have a purple velvet skirt that I wear dressed up or down too- they are so cosy, aren't they.

[Marqueta]

Dear Clarice,

How sweet! It looks like something from a catalog, indeed. You are endlessly creative. :)

Love,

Marqueta

[Thimbleanna]

Very cool Clarice! I love ideas where we can take the "formal" and use them everyday. Otherwise, what's the point?

[Lorrie]

Love what you did to the skirt. Very anthro! And such cute shoes.

[Gumbo Lily]

I like the skirt very much! Next thing you know Anthro will be calling you to come join their design team!

[Sandi Butler]

I love this look! What a great skirt makeover.

[Nan]

Your teal shoes and pink tights are great with this look. Very clever of you to think up this attractive treatment for the skirt bottom.