YAY! IT'S DONE!!!!

I got my gathered skirt done! YAY!!!! It would have been done much sooner if I hadn't gone for a week to Toddalicious's parent's house (though I did crochet a scarf while there out of Mrs. B's scrap wools, which I left there). So, TADAAA!!!!
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It ended up too big, so I took a bite out of the side where the zipper is (which required ripping out the zipper, YAY!). It's STILL too big, but thankfully not by much. I used the waistband from BurdaStyle's Marie, and obviously I am not a size 40 if it's so damn huge. There must be 2 inches of ease built into the bloody thing!!!! So when I make Marie in my as-yet-undisclosed-fabric, I'll try 38 and see what happens (I think I need to do more test-fittings, LOL!).
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In other news, I finished my patching on my poor pants. These jeans have been with me since... grade 10??? So I was 15 or 16, and now I'm 25. And I bought them at a second-hand shop. Yeah. So the knees decided to start giving out and I was slowly patching each new tear as it appeared. For awhile I was wandering around with the latest patch only half-attached. Whatever, the landlady thinks they're adorable, and now they look adorable plus finished :P
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Another pair of jeans that I've had just as long is also ripping out. I'm going to deal with them differently though. I'd like to take apart the legs and apply a seam-to-seam piece of fabric at the knees. Maybe in brown denim, maybe pink denim, maybe some denim-backed quilting cotton. We'll see.

YUMMY VINTAGE CANDY!!!

Loose Teeth Vintage Inspired Sundress with Petticoat GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!
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LOL, not literally CANDY! But it looks good enough to eat! It's absolutely ADORABLE!
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Heather of Loose Teeth has offered to make this dress to fit whoever wins it. If you are not drooling over the goodies in her etsy store, please put your glasses on :P
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/dies of cuteness overload
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Underwear - The Making Of

In my first Wardrobe Refashion post, I showed off some panties I had made out of a golf shirt, and several people expressed an interest in knowing how I'd done it. I went the super-simple route of just tracing panties I owned already, like this person did.
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There are also patterns/templates available for download. Burdastyle has one, called Cheeky Panties. One Hour Craft has a template in size small/Aussie 10. I also found directions for Hanty Panties, which are panties made out of hankies. If you are a man or know a man who appreciates more delicate underwear than what is usually available for gents, Runo has several how-tos for ergonomically suitable mens "panties" and fancy-schmancy boxers.
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Threadbanger and DIY Style both have videos examining the fabrication of underwear.
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I Hate Gathering!

So I'm working on this skirt. Not just any skirt, but a full skirt. The kind with a waistband and the body of it is just a rectangle gathered to fit. So here I am, at my boyfriend's parent's with not much to do and HALF A SKIRT sitting at home waiting to be finished. Literally, half a skirt. The fabric is gooorgeous, which I got as a gift in the March Birthday Swap on Craftster, and of course Todd thinks it's wretchedly ugle.
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I've modeled it off the floral Target teen skirt I posted awhile ago, with the waistband stolen from BurdaStyle's Marie, which I'll also be making soon (with a fabric I have yet to post). I took a trip to Fabricland for appropriate zippers and supplies to help Todd's mom re-do her dining chairs. Yay for sales!
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NOT YAY for gathering. Which is why I only have half a skirt :(
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On a positive note, I found a PERFECT high-waisted pencil skirt pattern UNCUT for FIFTY EFFING CENTS. It's from the early nineties with a couple options, but it's exactly what I wanted for the back part of my Marie skirt (I don't want additional PUFF around my large backside) and I don't have to print out the other pencil skirt pattern I found. I will have to trace it, but that's ok. I think I'd like to buy some muslin to make my tracings onto, instead of taping together sheets of tracing paper. We'll see. One thing at a time.
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