"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff on Aug 25th, 2009
I actually made this jacket probably a month ago, but for some dumb reason forgot to take any pictures of it or post them here. Anyway, I made a new jacket out of some fabulous fabric that one of my mom’s friends gave me. It’s a nice heavyweight woolen flannel, and I trimmed it with […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing on Jun 11th, 2009
I’m really bad about starting suits and taking forever to finish them. At least the suit you’re about to see didn’t take me almost four years to finish! It was only back in February when I started this one. Ugh…the skirt looks like I cut it crooked in these photos because it barely fit over […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, meta on Apr 9th, 2009
I made a new blouse over the weekend. It is Option C from Simplicity 4020, and I am really happy with how it turned out. Especially when you consider that I used some pretty cheap nylon tricot (usually used for slips) that was left over from when I made myself some slips. I just wanted […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Home Improvements, Party, Sewing on Apr 6th, 2009
This past weekend was quite the social whirlwind. To start with on Friday night, the Frank Stallone boys had all sorts of shindigs going on. They did another roller race at the Cellar Rat, then rolled over to ACME to run a charity alleycat to raise money for Diabetes research! We didn’t get in on […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing on Feb 21st, 2009
, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. I’m making a suit out of some fabric I’ve had hanging around for a while. I’ve decided to embrace the dorktastic cliches of fashion journalism and dub this the “mad for plaid” plaid suit. It will be kind of frilly and girly and totally awesome in every plaid-laden way. This […]
Posted in Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Feb 13th, 2009
Well, I had a couple of really, really nice surprises this morning. #1 is that Joel thought today was Valentines Day, so I got a lovely treat of LUSH goodies a day early. I’ve now got a selection of lovely soaps (ice blue, sexy peel and yay! karma) and a fab shower gel called Flying […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, nostalgia, Sewing on Jan 4th, 2009
Two days ago, I completed one of what I think is the coolest of my recent projects. I basically made a brand-new 38-year-old dress, using some fabric that had once been my Grandma’s. As some of you might know, my grandma died back in June and I’ve really missed her a lot. It seems weird […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries on Dec 30th, 2008
I finished another top today – another v-neck knit from the New Look 6149 pattern: I discovered I had a choker that went really well with the fabric, so I put it on the dummy as well. I went a little nuts with matching up the pattern along the seamlines and consequently you can hardly […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Oh, for fuck's sake, Sewing on Dec 27th, 2008
Klutziness? Fever-addled incompetence? Loss of mind? Whatever you want to call it, at midafternoon on Friday, things were not coming together as planned. I was starting to feel a better from my little bout with the flu, but I obviously wasn’t up to full power. Fortunately, today I was back on the right track, and […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Sewing on Dec 22nd, 2008
Yes, yes, I am plowing through my fabric stash at quite a rate these days. Today, I made a new top, yesterday I made a skirt. The top is based on New Look 6149, option B. This pattern is well worth any dressmaker’s time. Option B (v-neck, raglan sleeve pullover top) and C (circle skirt) […]