Thursday, April 7, 2011

My Best Idea. Ever.

So, I have a lot of dresses, which I enjoy wearing, but I often have to wear a camisole as The Male wouldn't let me out of the house otherwise.  Something about them being a little too low...  Geesh...  :-)
Anyway, that just adds another layer to my outfit, and I think I've mentioned before that I'm menopausal.  Four layers (bra, slip, cami, and dress) can be a little stifling.  I don't want to ditch the slip, as they make a dress just look so much nicer, gliding over the lumps and bumps and helping with the stickiness one gets from sitting in church for a long time.
And, then I had one of those wonderful Ah-HA! moments: What if I combined the slip and the cami?
A cami-slip!  Brilliant!
I had both a black and white cami I bought at Forever 21, aka Forever Anorexic.  I bought the Large.  'Cause I'm many things, but skinny isn't one of them.  They were only $2.50, so if my idea didn't work, I wasn't out too much money.  I also had 2 extra slips that I could donate to the cause.
These are the black cami and the long half-slip, which I never wore anyway.  I cut off the cami to right under my bra line and cut off enough of the top of the slip to make it the right length when finished.
 Then I just sewed the empire seam, and viola'!  A cami-slip:
 Then I did the same thing with the white cami:
This also solves the problem of camis rolling up, which happens to anyone who isn't a stick figure or who has ever had a child and now has HIPS.  Woot!
Of course, I haven't worn these yet, so my delight could be premature, but I'm pretty happy!

2 comments:

Bekka said...

"Forever 21, aka Forever Anorexic."

FOR REAL.

Great idea, Mrs. Garrett! =D I love it!!

Barbara said...

Thanks, Bekka!