Last year while wearing these shoes 
I stepped off a curb outside a hip downtown sushi restaurant placing half my skinny wedge heel on a large piece of gravel and left the other half searching in vain for solid ground. Before I could blink my heavily mascaraed lashes, my ankle rolled and my knee hit the rocky dirt ground. I jumped up faster than a super model who has fallen on a runway and heard my friend yelling behind me "You're broken! You're broken!" Not really the words you want to hear when you have just humiliated yourself and are starting to feel a throbbing pain in your ankle and your knee. Thank God she managed to pull herself together and run into the restaurant to get me some ice. I hobbled into the car saying to myself "I'm fine, I'm fine." Illuminated by the dim car lighting I could see a giant crimson oval peeking out of the hole in my new blue velour trousers. I'm not sure if I was more upset about the hole in my trousers or the hole in my knee. Then I checked out my shoes, also new. With a sick feeling in my stomach I slowly glanced down and hallelujah they were slightly scratched but nothing a little shoe polish couldn't mend. I polished my shoes when I got home that night, but unfortunately, shoe polish couldn't fix my knee which took almost 6 months to heal and I still have a faint scar. The trousers sat in my project drawer until about a week ago. And that brings me to today's Mizzie Modifies.
I stepped off a curb outside a hip downtown sushi restaurant placing half my skinny wedge heel on a large piece of gravel and left the other half searching in vain for solid ground. Before I could blink my heavily mascaraed lashes, my ankle rolled and my knee hit the rocky dirt ground. I jumped up faster than a super model who has fallen on a runway and heard my friend yelling behind me "You're broken! You're broken!" Not really the words you want to hear when you have just humiliated yourself and are starting to feel a throbbing pain in your ankle and your knee. Thank God she managed to pull herself together and run into the restaurant to get me some ice. I hobbled into the car saying to myself "I'm fine, I'm fine." Illuminated by the dim car lighting I could see a giant crimson oval peeking out of the hole in my new blue velour trousers. I'm not sure if I was more upset about the hole in my trousers or the hole in my knee. Then I checked out my shoes, also new. With a sick feeling in my stomach I slowly glanced down and hallelujah they were slightly scratched but nothing a little shoe polish couldn't mend. I polished my shoes when I got home that night, but unfortunately, shoe polish couldn't fix my knee which took almost 6 months to heal and I still have a faint scar. The trousers sat in my project drawer until about a week ago. And that brings me to today's Mizzie Modifies. Step One: Fall down and skin your knee and your trousers. Hardy har har. Seriously, find something you own that is damaged or if you have a pair of pants that need some flare use them.
P.S. I am using the word trousers so my English friends and readers don't mock me. And in case you are not sure what I mean. "Pants" in England means underwear.
Step Two: Head down to your local sewing or craft store and pick up a pair of suede patches.
Step Three: While wearing your holey trousers pin the patches on over the knees. Play around with which way you want them to sit. I did mine horizontal because I liked them better that way, but you could do them on a diagonal or vertical.
Here is an example of vertical patches on a pair of patterned leggings. Love it!
Here is an example of vertical patches on a pair of patterned leggings. Love it!Step Four: Using a large needle and some heavy duty thread hand stitch your patches to your pants.
Tip: Use a large glass or vase to slide inside the pants while you sew. This will keep you from sewing through both layers of fabric.
Black shirt, All Saints; Leather Jacket, All Saints; Blue Trousers, Y? (purchased at UAL Nashville); Boots, Dune.
