Goodbye Dress, Hello Skirt!

There are too many dresses and skirts in my closet that I rarely or never wear, for various reasons. I could give a few for this maxi dress, and for why I'm turning it into a skirt.

I bought this dress from Target four years ago for $13 and have only worn it a handful of times. For one, it's a tube top, so I always have to wear a cardigan with it...not exactly a Summer dress. It's also a bit short on me (it hits my ankles) and this makes matching shoes with it difficult. Heaven forbid I ever wear this around children because one tug and it'll fall right down.

My dress has also begun falling apart. See the ruffle at the top of the dress? So I figure that by turning my dress into a skirt, I will be able to match more tops with it, and make it so the skirt covers my ankles.

I followed this tutorial on "Make It & Love It". All I needed to buy was elastic for the waistband ($5), and it really didn't take long at all. Ta da! It hits the floor and is much more comfortable than before.