Cobalt

I am officially addicted to the color cobalt, and it is quickly getting out of hand. I have pants, blazers, shirts, and shoes all in this wonderful color. It is one of the few "dark" neon colors that adds the perfect pop of color with the simplicity of a basic. It takes any outfit one step further, and adds a modern funky feel. It flatters most skin tones, and exudes power. I simply love it. So I pulled my inspiration from the Fall 2012 runway shows for this next project. To make cobalt the center of attention. 

                       
                               
I kept my eyes open for anything cobalt as I shopped the thrift stores and goodwills in town. When I walked past this skirt at the thrift store downtown I had to pick it up. It reminded me of a pinterest pin I had seen a while ago that I loved. 
                                             
                                         

I have been terrible at getting before pictures, but I promise I will get better. The skirt I picked up looked exactly like the skirt pictured above but in a size fourteen. This skirt was extremely tricky for two reasons. I needed to tailor the skirt (very little experience in), and it is a wool skirt which is a fabric I have never worked with before. 
After thinking about it for about an hour I figured out exactly how I wanted to do this skirt. I took a flat seem ripper and ripped both side seams out from the bottom of the skirt until the start of the waist band. Next I ironed all the seams out flat and pinned the skirt back together to the size and shape I wanted it. I tried it on and adjusted the pins until I was satisfied. I sewed the seams back together, and took the waist band in a half an inch on both sides. 
                     
                    

To finish the skirt I turned the skirt inside out. The seams had fraying unfinished edges. So I cut about a fourth an inch of the extra off and then took pinking shears to the edges along the seam. (Pinking sheers prevent fraying) Then ironed them flat on each side. 
I decided to make the style more me and dressed it down with a Marilyn Monroe t-shirt, and neon pink flats. 
                                               

Time: 2.5 hours  Price: $4.00