Hey guys,
I’m soooo sorry I didn’t update on Monday and Wednesday. I had such a hectic two weeks. I hate final weeks at Cornell. Seriously the worst time ever but I’m glad to finally be home. Tomorrow I start P90X and on Monday I start my 300 mile goal (5 miles Monday-Friday).
Have you guys realized that you’ve lost some inches? I HAVE!
Another summer, another internship.
I have an interview on Monday and on Wednesday I have an event at BlackRock, a financial institution. Both are in New York City and both require me to be dress business casual. Let’s be honest, business casual for women means dressy pants, nice skirts, fancy shirts, or a nice pressed dress.
Last summer I had an internship in New York City. I bought a bunch of fancy nice clothes, spending hundreds of dollars. That was one year and over 20 pounds ago. While the shirts might still be worn, none of the skirts and pants fit too great. I do NOT have enough money to replace all of my skirts and pants.
My mom bought me these two amazing bold colored dresses and unfortunately, they don’t fit either. This is what happens when your mom buys you clothes to surprise you based on outdated information. She hasn’t seen me since before I started this program and my body looks a bit different since then.
What am I supposed to do with all these nice clothes that no longer fit? Give them away and buy new ones?
No way, jose. I am determined to keep all of my wonderful clothes and to make them fit my new body. And the body I plan on having by the time next summer comes around. So instead of losing money, I’m going to take in all of my old skirts and pants. What do I mean by take in? I’m going to sew the clothes so that they fit better and look nicer on my body. If you want to save money take your clothes in too. I have a sewing machine so I’ll be using that but you can hand sew it if you want. Here’s how (based on a pencil skirt that has a zipper in the back).
Try on the skirt and pin the sides with the side seams in the middle of the pinned area
Place straight pins in fabric, inside-out, in same place as where originally pinned (make sure even)
Pin the lining using the inside-out pinning
Remove the hems (top and bottom of the skirt)
Detach the lining from the skirt around the pinning
Pin skirt and lining side seams all the way down
Use the zigzag pattern when sewing the seams (make sure that you aren’t making it too small)
Reattach the lining back to the skirt
Re-sew the hems and voila you’re done
There are loads of how-to videos for taking in clothes. I’ll put up before-and-after pictures on instagram and on twitter so be on the look out. If I figure out how to use pinterest enough to put them up, I’ll do that too.
Hope the sewing goes well,
D!