hurricane fay finally forced me to stop lurking (neat nautical shorts)

[yarncookie]

And im not even sure if this belongs here, its not much of a recon... but anyway. sometime at the beginning of summer i found these merona shorts at target: they were terribly boring but somehow they seemed like they had nautical potential that i liked.

and i didnt post it till now bc ive been lazy and as of today ive been stuck inside for 3 days listening to the wind try to make trees come inside my house.

before:


boring buttons:


after:


left pocket detail (sorry its upside down i cant figure out how to fix it!:


right pocket detail (again, sorry):


questions, comments, concerns?

[Sandroo]

Great job!  I always say I'm going to do something like this, but never really follow thru!  You make me want to go pick up my embroidery floss and start stitching!

[JLMS]

What a great transformation. I love someone who crafts through a storm!

[justine256]

That looks really cute! Good job.

[knitakitty]

Those are so lovely! I have such a hard time finding shorts long enough, but not too long. I probably will have to follow your lead and make my own.

[Ludi]

Small changes, but they make the shorts your own. 

[RachelKristin]

that is so cute, nice job!

[purple_girl]

Awesome embroidery!!
I have never done embroidery before, but it gives a great look to these shorts, i may have to give it a go (still havent had the courage to do my own recon, i think ill start with something a bit easier!!)

[atomickim]

really cute!

[CraftyCunt]

Very cute!