Alterations: Slacks and new buttons

After admiring many bloggers' successful DIY alterations, I decided to be brave and give it a try.  It was either that, or leave this pair of denim-look slacks in the closet "for when I gain back that weight."  Uh...why wait for that to happen?  o_O

(Before) Mossimo/Target slacks, thrifted and hemmed

Early on I realized I had to do the one thing I most wished to avoid: take in the outer seam.  That meant unstitching some of the facing at the waistband (fortunately, less scary than it looked).

 

I used a makeshift pattern for basting the first seams, from the top to past the pocket.  Then I decided the whole pant leg needed to be taken in.  What followed was a series of baste & error (& error).  

 

(After) They are still more flared/less tapered than they look in this photo.

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out - maybe I wouldn't plan on altering clothes in the future, but it's an option to keep in mind.

Today's other project was simpler.  Mom handed me down some cardigans in several colors.  I LOVE these cardies, except for the default buttons on the blue and black sweaters.  Managed to scrape up 5 matching metal buttons for the blue one:

That's all I did today.  Tomorrow I'd like to work on other sewing projects in progress.  And watch Star Trek Original season 2 (my brother got it from the library!).