Making Lemonade from a Lemon: Baby Bloomers

June 21, 2013

Marion in Bloomers
Yesterday's bubble dress has a back story.  I rushed and made the skirt section too short.  I was just on the verge of abandoning the whole thing when I took a breath and brought out my seam ripper.  I made the skirt all over again but then had this cute bottom section left over.  A simple elastic waste band meant that all that work wasn't waste after all!  And they are seriously cute on her…  What mistakes have you made that turned out to be lemonade?

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