Today's pieces come in from my new friend Linda in San Francisco. See, Linda came to my book signing at RGB Shop + Gallery in December with a few pieces she wanted some advice on. Well, she took that advice and made some fab new pieces. Here's her story...
I have been following your blog for over a year now. I especially love the fantastic redos the NDAD family has created! My daughter, Joelle, and I were fortunate to have met you at the RGB Shop in San Francisco in early December. You encouraged me to do my own pieces and here's what I came up with. I love treasure hunting at the thrift stores and found these two maxi skirts. One had beautiful colors with a chevron design and the other was a classic gray tweed.
My intention was to make pillows out of them, but...
Will Linda still make pillows out of these guys??
I tried them on at home and they fit (well, one did) and the best part was that they were both lined, about $3...
...and made of good quality fabric! I thought to myself, so why not wear them! I decided to shorten both as per your suggestion - I used another skirt as a guide and was able to stretch out the waistband on the smaller one to make it fit.
Voila!
I am also sending you two pictures from the SF event. I really love the restyle of the Mandarin collared dress that lovely lady did...
I give credit to Joelle for taking these photos. Thank you so very much for your wonderfully inspiring blog! And it was so nice to have met you!
Lots of Love, Linda P.S. I plan to make boot stands with the excess material from the skirts.
Thank you SO much for sharing Linda. The length changes everything and you styled both skirts SO well!! I love that you're still going to work with the excess material left over. Boot stands are going to be a perfect way to repurpose!
Sidenote, that lovely dress that Linda pointed out crafted by Julia will be featured tomorrow with more photos from the SF signing!
