This is going to become a skirt

For $4, I got this ugly 80s top with amazing lace detail, but I'm turning it into a skirt! This weekend. I hope. I'll keep you posted. Tutorial?

Trek yourself before you wreck yourself

Just a little dorm embroidery action!

And just a little something I've been working on.

Finals week approaches, and here I am working on my embroidery...

This was $1

plus tax.

Will continue tailoring it over some break from school.

Possibly with another novice tutorial on tailoring vintage dresses?

Failsauce.

So, since I'm home for the month, I thought I'd break out my sewing projects that I'd started and never finished. So I took out my Butterick 5250 that I'd cut the basic pieces out of already and got started on it once again. Now I know why I never finished it.

It's a quick pattern to sew up--it'd prolly have only took part of the day to sew all the pieces together--but I'll never finish those pants. I gave up on them an hour ago. They win the award for most disgusting fit ever. Maybe it's my body that is so out of proportion, but that crotch is ungodly. The zipped fly went in easily for my first time taking a crack at it, and the waist portion might have actually fit quite well if I'd have finished the other side of the jeans, but there was nothing that could help that poor crotch. It was like down at my knees, and there's not a lot to help a saggy crotch because there's no fabric other than the seam allowance to lift it up! I know I'm rather petite and all, but no one would look good in those jeans.

EWEWEWEWEW

 

So I abandoned them. And I will not touch them again until I dismantle them and make them into a rag rug or something.

Note to self: make sure any chosen pant pattern has a crotch that will not make people confused about your gender.

P.S. I Made This

I Make Weird Yet Thoughtful Things

FIRST:

I failed at making ginger ale. It looks nothing like ginger ale. It tastes nasty. Nasty, I tell you. Actually I think it fermented so long that I was actually starting to make ginger hooch...that would explain the burning throat...

Arthur helped.

SECOND:

I'm attempting to make ginger ale again. This time I boiled the ginger in water first (It looked like chicken floating around in there!) and I achieved somewhat of a gingerish color. Good start. I'll give you updates as I let it ferment. If I ever use this for company, I'll prolly just use club soda! Yeast makes the color funny.

AND THIRD:

As everyone knows in the Midwest who does not live under a rock, the Bears vs. Packers game is tomorrow, and as a late Xmas present, I made my great aunt a housedress to wear tomorrow--she adored it! She loves that I sew :)

Isn't she adorable? Today she told me Vanna White looks like a hooker when she wears red. She's got sass for an 87-year-old with cancer!

Go Bears!

Gratitude

I am so self absorbed that I am sure I make the best "thank you" gifts in the entire world.

It was definitely owed to my teachers who wrote my letters of recommendation, since I chose to not even wait for my acceptance letters to any of the schools that required it.

But without further ado, handmade, personalized ties for my English and History teachers--something they probably will never again receive in their teaching careers.

You can get the iron-on letters at Joann--how cute are they?!

I'm just glad to have finished a project. Now onto a housedress for my great aunt (sheesh, nothing for me?)

Check Me Out!

I was in the local newspaper for sewing.

Here it is!

Look, Ma, Mini Bloomers!

I made mini bloomers from the free pattern at Colette Patterns. Every pattern they sell is adorable. I'm wearing these everywhere!

She Made Something! (Finally)

I got the book Alabama Chanin as a prize in a random drawing on BurdaStyle earlier this year, and it came with the kit to make one of handkerchief that they make. Never got around to doing it until last week, but it turned out to be fast, easy, and really enjoyable! Here's the final product:

Then Arthur came by to visit!

Worn with my new favorite jewelry:

I'm kinda into the whole naturals, imperfections phase. The ring and bracelet are vintage from my brother's godmother's aunt. Confusing right? She had awesome jewelry, and I got to pick my favorites. The necklace is by Wax Insignia Jewelry that I got at the wedding I went to last week in Georgia. St. Simon's Island is chock full of all those adorable lil tourist shops! They had a henna tattoo shop, and I got, what else, an octopus on my foot. His name is Eugene, pronounced EU-gene.