I love the colors of this dress, but detest cap sleeves.

I cut off the sleeves and neckline just below the arm pit, removed one line of elastic, and sewed a hem at the top. The shirred bodice is now a stretchy waistline for a skirt.

Although I don’t like wearing cap sleeves, the fabric cut from the sleeve made a decent sized pocket.

Picking out serger seams is not my favorite activity, but it is worth it to get pockets. I find it easier to cut the threads between the layers of fabric, rather than figure out which thread to cut on the surface. Once I had pocket holes in the side of the skirt, I sewed the pocket to the waistband, sewed the bottom seam, and sewed the pocket openings. I sewed reinforcement at the top and bottom of the pocket by sewing a stitch across the join of the four fabrics seven times.

I now have a wearable maxi skirt with large pockets.

Pockets.

I will one hundred percent be showing off the pockets like the viral vulture pockets meme.