Burda Style For people who sew

Hi all!!
Just wanted a bit of advice really……
Today i bought an AMAZING vintage suit in my favorite charity shop!!!WAAYYYYYYY-it was a bargain £2.50!!!
Anyway I had to have it because it was such a gorgeous colour. Its a size 10 and Im a 18. Strangely enough the jacket fits like a dream (apart from not being able to do it up;)) but the skirt is like another person!
Someone Im definitely not ever going to be;))))
BUT……..Is there somehow I make the skirt into something else?
Its non stretchy material and lined too.
I have no idea but open to all sensible suggestions!!!
Its wayyyyyyyyyyy too nice to bin:(((((
Hoping someone on here can help!!!
Best wishes
Issyx

Oct 29, 2011, 07.31 PM by polkadotshorts

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  Nov 12, 2011, 03.49 PMby boudica73

  I bought a strapless dress once which was too small but was too much of a bargain to pass up. I unpicked the sides and added some contrasting (contrasting because I didn’t have fabric to match) side panels in and made a feature of it! Or if it’s an A-line skirt, and there’s enough length, how about taking it apart and lowering the waist band to a wider part of the skirt?
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  Nov 13, 2011, 01.55 AMby jenss-1

  You can always make accessories out of it…hat, bag, etc. Or, if you make a coordinating skirt/pants for your jacket, you could use the original skirt fabric for trim on it.
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  Jan 21, 2012, 07.40 PMby purplefan

  Add panels in similar fabricweight and colour. Ditto for the lining. Otherwise you’ll cry over your bargain collecting dust. Totally understand the falling in love with a garment in all areas!
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  Feb 6, 2012, 04.27 PMby ieltayib

  I don’t know if this will help, but I would take it completely apart, find a matchind fabric, (it can be a different color or shiny or anything you think goes with it), then draft another pattern for a skirt with panels and cut your fabric accordingly. That way it will match the jacket, you’ll use the fabric, and it will fit you perfectly!
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  Feb 6, 2012, 04.27 PMby ieltayib

  I don’t know if this will help, but I would take it completely apart, find a matchind fabric, (it can be a different color or shiny or anything you think goes with it), then draft another pattern for a skirt with panels and cut your fabric accordingly. That way it will match the jacket, you’ll use the fabric, and it will fit you perfectly!