I’m a quilter. I don’t do clothes. I can’t be trusted to make anything that has to fit. But recently there has been some alterations sneaking into my life.
It started with a maxi skirt that I bought on Poshmark. It was just an inch or two too tight at the bottom. When I was walking I wanted that much more stride length. I thought about how it really just needed a slit. I figured that it was a second hand cheap skirt so I should just go for it. I cut it on one side and hemmed both edges. Voila! It was fixed and much more wearable.
After that I decided to fix my striped maxi dress. It’s always been borderline too long. It tried to kill me in Monaco by tripping me going up some steep stairs. As I’ve lost weight over this last year, it has gotten longer. It needed hemmed. I just folded it up to a line on the dress and sewed around it.
It isn’t professional by any means but it is no longer murderous.
Then I was on a roll. I bought a new RipSkirt wrap skirt because I loved my current one but it was getting too big. I loved that it had pockets. The new/old one I got didn’t have pockets!!! That would never do. I went wild and added pockets.
Then I decided to make my other RipSkirt smaller. It is a wrap skirt but there is velcro. I’ve gone from it being too small to now it is too big. I moved the velcro over to fit my new waist size.
I have another skirt that I think I’m going to add elastic to the waistband so I can keep wearing it. I don’t even know who I am.
I was thrilled to realize that I can watch The Great British Sewing Bee on the Roku channel this week. Think Baking Show vibes but for sewing and alterations. I might be dangerous if I learn something.
(If you want to join in on what I’m doing for weight loss, the next round of Body Slims has registration closing this Friday 9/19/25.)
