Skirt Fix

I've had this skirt for years. Probably since college, possibly since sometime in high school. I don't think I've worn it more than once, maybe twice, in all of that time. Why? Well, combination of not good design and not a good fit for me. See, the skirt is denim and was just as wide around the bottom as it was around the top. The fact that it hit a bit below mid-calf made it nearly impossible to walk in- I couldn't take anything resembling decent-sized steps without nearly tripping over the skirt. At various times I had considered hemming it to be shorter, or getting rid of it altogether, but I never could bring myself to do it, so it sat in my closet. Until Monday, that is. I took another look at the skirt and realized that there was a seam all the way up the back center. I undid the hem, opened up that seam, and sewed the edges back in. I also sewed across the top where I opened the seam in order to stop it from going up any higher. Voila! A skirt with a small slit in the back that I can actually walk in! I wore it to work on Monday, and it did pretty well, although after trying to sit on the floor in it I decided I actually could have made the slit a bit higher and it would have been even better. Overall, though, not bad for a half hour of work (and one broken sewing machine needle). Here are a few pictures of the results.