Q: When you're ready to be happy again, it's a good idea to spend a little time focusing on yourself. Spoil yourself, take care of yourself, and focus on making the changes that you want to make in your life. This will help give you time and opportunity to learn something about yourself and become a better person. You'll always feel bitter if you are left thinking that your suffering had no purpose or that those once happy memories are now spoiled because of how things turned out. Help yourself to future happiness by finding meaning in the things that happened. Look for a lesson to be learned or a knowledge gained. See that your bad experiences are there to make your life better and embrace them for that. A great first step to living your new life is to try something new. This will help you feel the tangible difference between who you were then and who you are now. It will help you see your new strength. Do something you've always wanted to do. Do something adventurous. You can travel, take a new job, or anything else that you feel gives you new experiences. Eventually, you'll want to find yourself a new community. A new place to belong, a new group of friends, maybe even someone new to love if that is what you lost. These new people will also help you do new things and have new experiences to build happy memories of. You can meet new people by taking a class, joining a club, or even joining an online community. You might feel, even if you don't realize it, that if you enjoy yourself "too soon" or you find happiness "too soon", that it diminishes the worth of the thing you lost. But that isn't true. And it keeps you from being happy. Let yourself have a good time and don't feel bad about it. You do deserve to be happy. If you find that you're having trouble getting back to business as usual on your own, and that maybe your sadness might be out of control or unusual: seek help! Don't think that getting professional help means you're weak or broken. Just the same as how you'd see a doctor and take medicine when you have the flu, you should get professional help when your brain doesn't quite act right.
A: Focus on yourself for awhile. Find meaning in your experiences. Try new things. Meet new people. Let yourself have fun and be happy. Get help.

Q: It does not matter if the fabric is 44 inches (111.76 centimeters) or 60 inches (152.4 centimeters) wide. A mermaid skirt is a type of skirt, so you can use any color or print you want; it does not have to look like a mermaid's tail. When you buy fabric off the bolt, it will be folded in half. Cut along this top fold so that you have two panels of fabric that are 2 yards (1.8 meters) wide. Measure from your hips down to your ankles, or wherever you want the skirt to end. Add 2 inches (5.08 centimeters) to that measurement for the top and bottom hem allowances. Measure your fabric and cut it down, if needed. Make sure that it's still 2 yards (1.8 meters) wide. Your fabric should now only be 1 yard (0.9 meters) wide and four layers thick. Align the folded edge of your skirt with the folded edge of the fabric. The top edge of the skirt should be about 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) below the top edge of the fabric. If you don't have a pencil skirt, do the following: Measure around your hips and knees, then divide both measurements by 4. Use your new hip and knee measurements to make points x-inches/centimeters away from the folded edge of your fabric. Make sure that the distance between your hips and knees matches up. Connect the lines using a dress maker's chalk or pen. Use a 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) seam allowance. Stop when you reach where the knees are on your pencil skirt. If you don't have a pencil skirt, cut 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) outside the line that you drew. This will make the flared part of your skirt. Is you need to, use a straight edge and a dress maker's chalk or pen to draw a guideline first. Unfold your fabric so that you have two trumpet shapes. Stack them together with the right sides facing in. Make sure that all of the edges are aligned. You can put your pencil skirt away now. Start sewing along the top corner of your skirt all the way down to the bottom. When you reach the corner between the knees and the flare, pause, turn your fabric, and continue sewing. Do not sew across the top and bottom hems. Remember to backstitch at the start and end of you sewing. Do not turn your skirt right side out just yet. Cut the elastic 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) longer than your hip measurement. Pin it around the top edge of your skirt, then overlap the two ends by -inch (1.27-centimeter). Sew the elastic to the fabric using a zigzag stitch and a matching thread color. Remove the pins as you sew. Fold the top edge down by -inch (1.27-centimeter) so that you can't see the elastic anymore. Sew the hem down using another zigzag stitch. Remember to backstitch at the start and end of your sewing. Fold the bottom edge by -inch (1.27-centimeter) and press it flat with an iron. Fold it by another -inch (1.27-centimeter) and press it flat once more. Sew along the inside folded edge using a -inch (0.32-centimeter) seam allowance. Backstitch at the start and end of your sewing. It is now ready to wear!
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Buy 2 yards (1.8 meters) of stretchy fabric. Cut it along the fold. Cut the fabric down to the right length, if needed. Fold the fabric in half widthwise. Fold a pencil skirt in half and place it on top of your fabric. Cut the fabric using the skirt as a guide. Cut at angle from the knees down to opposite bottom corner of the fabric. Unfold and stack your fabric. Sew along the sides using a -inch (1.59-centimeter) seam allowance. Sew -ich (1.27-centimeter) wide elastic to waist. Fold and sew the waist down. Hem the bottom of your skirt. Turn your skirt right side out.