No Before, but Here's the After!

I have this little superstition in me that comes from creating things for a while.  It is that every time I decide to take before photos so I can share the transformation of something, I mess up the whole project and don't end up with an after.  It has been the case more times than I can count so with this particular project I decided to leave well enough alone and just finish it so I could share the after photos with you.

But there's no harm in telling you what I did...

My husband recently got rid of a lot of old pants that were either completely worn at the ankle, too big, too small or simply no longer his style.  Because we both have close to the same waist dimensions I had this great idea that I could make use of all these little treasures and create myself a bunch of pocketed skirts for this upcoming summer!  (The one that I pray every day is right around the corner!)

This first little number used to be a pair of shorts.  The material is kind of a heavy seersucker type cotton and it fits me great now! 

The waist may be a teeny bit too big but I can take that in as the warmer months get closer.  What do you think?  In life the fabric is baby blue & navy and I already have the perfect white hoodie to create a preppy little sailor outfit.

Now if only it would stop snowing around here!

I hope everyone gets a chance to swing by Harvest Moon By Hand to check out the Mid Week Motivation posts, some fantastic artisans over there!  Now I need to think of what next week's motivation will be!