Goodwill Skirt Remake

If you took a plain boring skirt and a plain boring tie and put them together what would you get?  Well, let's do some math. 

Here's the equation:

While wandering around my local Goodwill the other day I found both of these items and thought, "Hmmm, I bet these could look really cool together."  And so I was inspired to sew a few "extras" onto this otherwise boring skirt.  First off I trimmed the hemline up to just below my knees.  Then with that scrap of fabric I was able to insert a couple of pleats. 

After the pleats were done I then prepared the tie by cutting two appropriate lengths (one for the front and one for the back).  Then I removed just enough of the backing of the tie to eliminate adding bulk to the skirt. 

Once I had that done I simply pinned each tie piece to the skirt and topstitched them down. 

Here is the finished skirt front:

And here is the finished skirt back:

The result is pretty much what I had envisioned while wandering the aisles of Goodwill.  I was hoping it would have a somewhat "vintage" feel, almost 40s or 50s, and I think it does. 

 

 

What do you think?

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