I have to admit, I am the sort who is apt to procrastinate.

I do have a tendency towards putting off until tomorrow what could have been done today. Or even yesterday.

But I did, at last, get around to finishing one little job this week.

I bought a couple of vintage maxi skirts quite a few months ago. I liked the prints…

And, as ever, their sheer cheapness recommended them to me.

I also had another crafty little thought at the back of my mind…

That is, being substantially too long for me (I am not tall) I would, if I shortened my maxis, end up with not only a pair of new skirts – but with two nice bits of fabric to boot!

Always one with a beady eye for a bargain, a quick bit of stitching seemed a reasonable compromise for such a thrifty outcome.

Though the long and the short of it is…

It’s taken me rather longer than I anticipated. And I still have the other one to do.

Perhaps there are no true shortcuts to a bargain, after all. ♥