"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing on Dec 18th, 2011
I made a new dress today – it didn’t pan out quite as well as one might have hoped, and it is, of course, my fault, as I did a piss-poor job of matching fabric to pattern design. I’d bought this fabric with an eye to using it with McCall’s M5974, which is a pattern [...]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Sewing, Shopping, Well I'll Be Darned on Nov 28th, 2011
Man, there are times that being a seamstress kicks ass. Not so much when you put a sleeve in a jacket upside down or get finagled into doing a shit-ton of alterations for no money, but when you get about $200 worth of performance gear for about $40, it fucking rules. So, there’s this fancy-schmancy [...]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, NaBloPoMo 2011 on Nov 21st, 2011
IMG_0312, a photo by Meetzorp on Flickr. Just trying out a tank-top pattern on a bit of scrap from a dress I cut out recently (but haven’t assembled yet). Yes, I know the zig-zags aren’t well centered and all that, but I am just finding out if this pattern even fits me and works all [...]
Posted in Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Sewing on Jul 13th, 2011
Sometimes I click on the sidebar ads on Facebook, so as to sort of pay for the service, you know. So today, there were a really cute pair of shorts on the sidebar…neon green and shocking pink diamond patterned hotpants. Completely obnoxious and inappropriate for everything, but also totally eye-catching. Which, I’m sure was the [...]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff on Apr 10th, 2011
I have a tendency to dress like a total slob at home. In fact, on more than one occasion I have been mistaken for homeless or at least indigent and been offered food by kind strangers. So occasionally I swear I’ll reform. I’ll throw away a few of the more egregious old ratty tee-shirts and [...]
Posted in biking, Costumes and disguises, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Hercules, Party, Photo entries on Apr 6th, 2011
I’m pretty much ready for the Kansas City Tweed Ride. I’ve got an awesome bike: And now I have an awesome outfit: The outfit has many parts, none of which were originally planned to go together, but all of which actually do. There are three things I didn’t make. 1. Blouse (GAP) 2. Socks (Target) [...]
Posted in Costumes and disguises, Distractions, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Mar 5th, 2011
In 2002, the Hello Project Shuffle groups each performed and promoted a song based on the notion of “happiness My favorite of the three groups was Odoru 11, with “Shiawase Kyouryuu Ondo”…The Happy Dinosaurs March. About two years ago, I went fabric shopping with a friend – I was making some cushion covers for her, [...]
Posted in Distractions, Family, Fashion/Sewing stuff, meta, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Nov 13th, 2010
It’s been nearly a month since I looked at an Internet form with a header that read “Adde New Post.” Okay, there’s no Olde Englishe “E“, that’s just a typo I decided to leave in because I’m entirely too easily amused. To quote Jim Anchower from The Onion, “I know it’s been a long time [...]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Sewing on Jun 1st, 2010
Here’s some more stuff I have made recently, with some more to come. I did a big closet-and-drawer cleanout at the end of winter and got rid of a bunch of stuff that I just don’t wear anymore. Things that never were quite right, or things that weren’t right anymore. My wardrobe has traditionally been [...]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing, Super-Short Entries on May 19th, 2010
I’ve been on a real sewing binge lately, so here’s some of the stuff I have made: Applique-decorated capri pants. (Front) and back In action (with a shirt I made last winter) Gratuitous butt-shot. This is the other cool pair of pants I made. Yes, they are bell bottoms. They are also AWESOME. The rear [...]
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