Can You Dig it? Sucka?!

That title is referencing the theme music for the wrestler/now commentator Booker T.

Here is a link to the song. Enjoy.

In this case "sucka" refers to "seersucker." Seersucker is a puckered, lightweight cotton fabric usually with thin stripes. Most commonly, blue and white stripes.

Here's my seersucker dress!

Here is an article about the history of seersucker. 

You see, seersucker is historically worn in the south where it's hot. There's even a seersucker day in Congress where the senators all wear it! My dress would be perfect for sweaty school days!

I bought that dress last year at Savers then spent all summer of 2017 trying to make it work. As you see in the picture, it's mostly just long. I thought it would be an easy fix. Nothing's ever easy for me!

Here's the first step! Little off the bottom, little off the sleeves... (Moody likes mid length dresses and short sleeves!) It was not a bad start...just a little loose fitting in some areas.

Here's my testing out some fabric pinching with some safety pins. I put a few gathers in the back. Gathers? Darts? Don't know the proper term for this. Starting to look better...but something was off.

Does that look cute to you?! Nope. It does not. It's that damn collar. Well, I know what I've got to do.

Seam ripped the collar and made a v neck. Hello, sexy new neckline!

NO. That is not a sexy neckline. It's not right at all. 

Undeterred, I stood in front of the mirror with my pins, adding more "darts". Then I hacked more sleeve off. Here's what I got:

I love it. I wore it to school and received many compliments! Here's the big finish:

 Sorry, I took a lot of pictures.

 There's the little sash belt.

So school was a little different last year. I've spent the last 6 years in kindergarten and first grade. In September, 2017 they sent me upstairs. With the big kids. I spent my days shuffling between several fourth and fifth grade classes. I was reunited with my old friends! My first babies from kindergarten 2012-2013 "graduated" from fifth grade. I may have teared up a bit. 

Never Gonna Give You Up

Go ahead...click this link. It's harmless and totally worth it...

LOLOLOL, 😂😹😭Did you click it?! Ha! It's 2018 and I used that old gag! The joke cycled back around and got funny again!
Sure I haven't posted all year (by that I mean school year, I always go by that calendar) but I'll never give you up, blog! 
Also, this old thing:

I picked up this beauty back in the early part of the decade and even then it didn't fit well. Here I am wearing it with some control top tights and a wide belt:

Look at the print. Cats. Kitschy looking cats with tiny pink polka dots. I love the print and I love cats! It's a sheer, woven acrylic. This dress was not comfortable and (when not posed and with a filter added) not flattering. But still; I held onto it. What can I do with a too small dress? Make an infinity scarf? Give it to a kid? No.

 Cut that shit in half.

By the way, I do most of my sewing at night that's why the pictures come out terrible.You can see, right? I cut the dress right down the middle. This is not a new trick for me. Browse the archives, you'll find a few button-up dresses being worn unbuttoned and layered over other clothes. Another thing I do a lot?

I take collars off. They bug me.

Yeah, so I removed the button placket (placket? wtf is that?) and sewed up the raw hem on each side. Now I have this!

 

It's like a sheer vest thing! Isn't it kinda cute? When I'm not wearing a dress I'm wearing tight, stretchy pants. The tights black pants and top combo becomes a blank canvas for something like a kimono or long cardigan. Long is the key word here. 

These pics were taken at the end of a day with some shit lighting. Didn't much feel like attempting to smile for the camera. I did my usual "look down at the floor" thing, it's just easier for me.

Here's a close-up selfie:

And here's the side by side: