Modestly speaking (My journey into modesty)Part Two...

Implementing Modesty

In my last post, I had discussed about how I had come to the decision to dress modestly and scriptures backing my decision. In this post, I will discuss how I started the transformation from immodest to modest.

My husband and I had decided that our family's journey into modesty should be in full force come the New Year. I had only one issue. I work outside the home (for now until God opens the door for me to stay at home) at a doctor's office. I have to wear scrubs. How am I to follow through when I go to my work place? My husband and i decided on scrub skirts! Come to find out, after researching on the internet, scrubs skirts are quite the commodity. :( After a few days of looking on site after site, I finally found one I liked and for dirt cheap! Yesterday, I ordered 4 scrub skirts! I am so excited! I can't wait until they come in.

But what about at home? I didn't want to bust the bank account buying our new modest wardrobe, so I went digging around at local thrift stores. What a bargain! They had so many long modest skirts to choose from and at less than $5.00 each who could go wrong??

Finding my 9 year old and 6 (soon to be 7) year old daughters, modest skirts was a different story. Almost all the skirts in their size hit them well above the knee (mini skirt length). I hit all 3 thrift stores every week until I had acquired a nice amount of skirts for the girls. It wasn't until today that I found the majority of long skirts for them. (well below the knee) I think it was because everyone was clearing out their closets to make room for their new clothes they had received for Christmas.

What about all the jeans we have??

I don't like to waste and we all had an enormous amount of jeans. So rather than give them away or pitch them, I have decided to upcycle them into nice long modest skirts. After all any skirt hitting mid calf length or longer seems to be hard to find, so why not make them for free?? I have finished one skirt for my oldest daughter and I must say, it turned out rather nice. I am currently working on one for myself, but it seems to be taking forever since I'm hand sewing it.

~please read Modestly speaking (My journey into modesty) Part Three...What about the guys?~