{"id":933,"date":"2010-11-28T20:39:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T01:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=933"},"modified":"2010-11-28T20:40:31","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T01:40:31","slug":"it-used-to-be-a-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2010\/11\/it-used-to-be-a-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"It used to be a shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>And now its a skirt.<\/p>\n

A few months ago, I ventured into a thrift shop and bought a shirt because I loved the sheer wackiness of it. This used to be a man’s shirt. This man was not a small man. \u00a0I imagine this man is named Mortimer. Mortimer I hope found good things after this shirt.<\/p>\n

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The skirt wasn’t too hard to make. I got my basic guidance here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Though, due to those lumpy bits that seem like they should have their own specific name, I had to make adjustments.<\/p>\n

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The above is what this skirt would look like in real outfit form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And now its a skirt. A few months ago, I ventured into a thrift shop and bought a shirt because I loved the sheer wackiness of it. This used to be a man’s shirt. This man was not a small man. \u00a0I imagine this man is named Mortimer. 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