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Marielle Does Eat. Sew. Travel. Wear heels. Skip to content HomeAbout Older posts Romper makeover Posted on August 12, 2021 by marialeila

Just dropping by here to talk about this romper I bought from Zara last year that badly needed a makeover. I dont know what I was thinking buying it without trying it on first. I also forgot about it for a year until recently when I started decluttering our closet again. I declutter once or twice a year.

When I finally tried it on, I realized I couldnt wear it out because it just looked ridiculous. Heck, I wouldnt even wear it at home because the fit was just bad specially at the crotch. My husband mostly just lets me be with whatever clothes I choose to wear but this time he made comments like You would scare the kids with that outfit or Everything about that is awful. That was my cue to save this romper from ending up in a landfill.

I thought at first of just adding pockets and maybe that would add some joie de vivre to this otherwise sad existence of a romper, but that wont solve the crotch part. To be honest, it takes more than just adding pockets to save it from being banished to total oblivion. So I cut it in half and the rest is history.

I hemmed the top and turned the bottom into shorts by adding white elastic and of course, pockets. I mean, what are shorts or rompers or pants without pockets? How can I live without them when I need them for my hand sanitizer and extra respirator (still in plastic cover, of course) all the time these days?

Anyhow, I managed to salvage this piece. And instead of one piece, I now have two pieces of this once upon a time ill-fitting and unflattering romper.

Till next post!

xoxo

Posted in Adjustments/Alterations, Sew, Shorts, Tops | Tagged sewing | Leave a comment Back to sewing Posted on October 4, 2020 by marialeila

The last time I had sewn something for myself and blogged about it was when I made this dress. Its been over four years. I have good and bad memories of this post. I remember how happy I was when I finally clicked post. A couple of hours later, that moment of happiness was eclipsed by gloom when my husband suffered a severe pain in his jaw. That was the start of his battle with cancer. I guess I can say, that was also the start of how I cant even look at my sewing machine without feeling the gloom of that day again. My brain somehow associated it with that memory.

Fast forward to four years. Czech Republic was on lockdown in spring and everyone was ordered to wear a face mask anywhere outside their own home. I had no choice but to dust off my sewing machine to sew face masks for myself and my husband from scrap fabrics I have. That old memory attached to the sewing machine had to be exorcized with the need to dodge this virus that is affecting our lives.

At least something good came out of the bad. I started sewing again. The first few minutes were awkward, like it was my first time to sew. After that initial haze, procedural memory kicked in. I guess sewing is just like riding a bike.

Here are my little sewing projects after four years of hiatus:

I made a dozen of these reversible masks. When I started searching for an easy pattern, the one I found on YouTube in spring had less than a million views. When I checked it again in summer, it had over five million. Tells you something about the times we have now.

When I was rummaging in my fabric stash, I found this leftover fabric from a dress I had sewn for a colleague. She chose this particular pattern. She wanted to wear something festive for the Christmas dinner she was going to attend in Spain with her boyfriend and his family. I never got to know how it went because we lost touch afterwards. I wonder if theyre still together.

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