Not So Hot Pockets

My sister and Gator came to visit a few weeks ago.  At which time, Speechie and I decided to hit up the shops for one of our favorite past times: shopping.   Banana Republic was having a 40% off sale items until 1PM sale.  We arrived there about 12:45.  Gator was screaming her head off but me, being the fantastic aunt that I am, ditched my sister as her 3 month old baby screamed in the middle of BR to hit the sale racks.  Yes, I put a sale over my niece but, eh, that was a good sale.  I did not realize at the time that as long as you are in the store before 1, they will still give you the discount if you check out after 1.  I will keep this fact for the next time.

At said sale, I picked up a pair of white shorts for $14.99.  This is quite a steal.

Unfortunately, when I got them home, they looked like this:

Ick.  They were see-through and those awful pockets?  To top it off, you could see the laundry instructions through the pants.  Do you see them?  Gag.

So I thought I would just return them.  But them I got to thinking, I could work some of my magic on these.  To return them would cost me 6 dollars to park so in reality, I would only be up $9.  I decided to give it a go and count my $9 loss if this was a disaster.

First, I cut out the laundry tag.

Then, I sewed all of the pockets shut and cut out the material making up the pocket part.

I did this on the front and back pockets.

The end result:

I realize these could use a press but yeah!!!!  Much improved!!!!  And only 15 minutes of work.

You will have to trust me on the back pockets looking a lot better.  I would rather not post close ups of my rear on the internet.

Here is a close-up of the front part:

 One of my general wardrobe tricks is to keep the pockets sewn on the hips.  This prevents "screaming pockets" and keeps the line smoother and your hips looking better.