I bet every single one of us has at least one item in our closet that we know we won’t wear again but keep around for one important reason or another. (See “Taking back the green dress“) Such was the case for an orange wool jacket that my husband had given me that I had put in the wash and shrunk. Aagh! Bad stupid wife! I could still wear it but the snaps in front were straining, making me look chunky. So there it sat in the closet untouched, for the very important reason that my husband had given it to me—plus, I like it. I went to the fabric store last weekend and what do you know, they had two buttons for $1.40 that matched the jacket color perfectly. A couple hours, some thread and brown elastic later, and voila, I have a new fastener in the front and a jacket that fits perfectly and looks good too I think. Here’s the before and after pics. I’m so glad to have it back!
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Love the before and after photos… I agree with you… I think the jacket looks great on you with the button/elastic redesign… good for you for “taking back the orange jacket”!
Love this…you go girl.
Yay for reclaiming! Wonderful clothing hack