boxy, boring, non descript!

recently, i experienced a major shift in my career choice. because of this, i have a huge pile of office attire that’s taking up valuable space in my closet. for the last four years, i was wearing suits to work every day and under the suits, i was wearing typical “office appropriate” tops. you know the kind: boxy, unflattering, boring, unnoticeable type shirts that cover all your lady parts just right. i’ve always considered my suits and plain tops a type of costume or armor that i had to wear to hide the real me from my office mates. sad, i know. but today i found a spectacular use for those boring old shells! i rescued three very similar tank style shells from the give away pile. i thought it would be a good idea to use them for practice to get to

much better, but it still needs something...

know my serger a little better. i figured that the worst case scenario would be to throw them away instead of give them away. best case scenario would be turning those boring, lifeless tops into something i actually wanted to wear. well, i have to be honest. the first one turned out bad. it was lookin pretty good until i decided to put a seam straight down the middle of the front. bad idea. that just brought the armpits closer than they needed to be and it looked kinda funny. the lesson there was that if it’s fitted already, don’t serge down the front! but i learned, and the second top came out pretty good. and it seemed pretty easy once i got over my fear of ruining it (which was irrational considering it was slated for the good will anyway). it was pretty bulky so i was able to serge it in a criss cross pattern to reduce the size a

awesome new tops!

bit, which worked beautifully. it fits just like i thought it would. the third one was surprisingly just as easy and probably took half an hour to complete. i think the overall lesson for me is that with a little bit of imagination, skill, and fearlessness, anything is possible.