Updating a Skirt

I got this skirt on clearance years ago at Old Navy. I wore it over the summer then buried it away in my black hole of a closet thinking I would someday wear it again. The thing is, though, its too poofy and ruffly for me and I feel too old for the style. So I put my thinking cap on and grabbed my scissors and got to work.

I decided to take in some of the flare at the bottom of the skirt. There was so much fabric that the skirt looked poofy at the bottom so I took in each panel seam by 1 inch so there was not as much flare. The photo below captures how much flare there was before I took in the panels. 

Still not satisfied with the adjustments, I decided one layer of ruffle I could handle but not two, so I cut the bottom layer off.

Still not satisfied,  I decided the pink needed to be toned down a bit. The thing is, I don't really wear pink. Yes I'm a girl but too much pink makes me feel, well, too girly.

So I have this perfectly nice skirt that came with a sash you wrap around the waist. But the skirt is perfectly fine without it and the sash just adds unnecessary layering which bunches and needs to be adjusted constantly. So I removed the sash from that skirt, see photo on left below and added the sash to the pink skirt. Its kind of GI Joe meets Barbie!











And I don't know if I'm satisfied yet, but I've had fun remaking this one!