How to make an item of clothing instantly more groovy!

Ever have a piece of clothing you got hand me down that fit well, but just wasn't funky enough to match the rest of your wardrobe? We had this pair of pair of shorts with an elastic waistband, how awesome! But quickly after we got them, we had a hole on the butt, and frankly we like things to be a little more groovy. We went to a thrift store to look for some cool fabric to maybe add a bit of detail onto the shorts. We were ecstatic when we found a groovy trim to sew onto the bottom edges of the shorts.

We began to pin the trim around the leg opening of the shorts for a much more fun, summer look.

We sewed along the bottom edge of the trim with an overcasting stitch and a bright green thread.

After we finished doing that, we sewed along the top edge of the trim to really secure it onto the shorts well. Then we repeated that process on the other side. We grabbed a groovy patch we had been holding onto for years, waiting for the right item of clothing to put it on.

And we went from drab to fab in an hour! We paired our new shorts with our Seersucker Patch Tank and we couldn't be happier!