Cooler than You: Stupid Things I Say and Do

For starters, I was going to name this post porn shorts, but I doubted some of the people who link to me would appreciate that and I didn't want to get hit with all the internet creepers. Yet, using porn in this post will...oh nevermind. You are welcome for not having porn shorts show on your blogs.  Creepers, keep your perv to yourself. Thanks. Now, onto to the love of my summer.  The thurlow shorts from Sewaholic Patterns.   Lauren, at Lladybird , has done a gazillion versions, and just as she's in her honeymoon phase with them so am I. They are lovely, comfy, and...well, I have a story for you. In high school, just when fast fashion and stores like The Limited and The Gap took over, yet were still expensive to a kid like me, I got to get a bunch of clothes one summer. I got a pair of light denim (it was the 90s, do not judge), that had cuffs, were oh so comfy, and I supported those bad boys through half of grad school. Yea, I had them for like ten years. They were pe...

So I'm a few days late with Me Made May . . . May has FIVE weeks . . . ugh.   To make it up, here's a pic of the cupcake pin cushion I drafted a few years back (it fits inside a bobbin carousal, by the way) and the mini tomato I did up today . . . scraps of course.  Today's has steel wool to keep the pins happy.  Cuteness makes everyone smile.   Without further ado: Saturday: Well . . . you saw part of it here , but there was more. There's an odd looking photo of me--not at the market, but odd in everything else--wearing a Colette Ginger, version three on the bias in Amy Butler Lark.  A thrifted Seattle Blues jacket, a Stella and Dot scarf, and a crappy shirt that I sent to the Goodwill bin.  Birks too boot.  Oh, my grey and purple Cosmo is a staple of Farmer's Market shopping as it holds an unbelievable amount of goods, books, and everything else. That jacket . . . when I was small and still in Seattle all the kids had that b...

Last year on May 18th I wore this: Yes, I made it.  Yes, I loved it.  Yes, I lost my mind with all that hand beading.  There's a bit more on it here . Well, for our anniversary I figured it was only fitting to make a dress . . . ya know, since it is Me Made May and I did  make my own wedding gown.  So, without further ado, I took to making Vogue V8727.  Version B, to be precise.  The fabric was 15.99 a yard, making this dress pretty pricey.  I went into JoAnn's to get thread and elastic, and lost my mind enough to buy this stuff.  Well,  it is a nice dress, with a sweet fit now that I altered it.   I got Mr. Fairytale to take a picture from the stoop, and I promptly posted it.  I'm on the fence a bit with the dress. . . why, so many asked from otherwise rave reviews.  Well, I think it is that I'm not used to wearing such a full skirt and that I am a little over the dress.  I made a test bodice, ...

You're weekly round up for May . . . Saturday : Party at Erika and Bur's in CT, for which being a NYer and jaunting to CT for the weekend makes us sound very bourgeois. Cabo Halter in Amy Butler fabric with my wearable muslin Thurlows.  Yea, buddy.  On the real wear pair, this week, I'm going to down a size (these are cut on the 12) and I'll take off a 1/4 inch on the crotch.  Other than that, and shortening them (pre-cut) by three inches--I be short--they are a great pair of trousers.  I detest this cheap denim fabric, hence the use for a muslin, but it worked for what I wanted.  Though, I used a third generation zipper that has now broken . . . I tested, I love, I hate this fabric.  Job done.  I'm up in the air if I'll fix the zipper to wear them a couple of times and send to Goodwill. hmmm. Check that out: someone else's kitchen!  And, a friend took this.  Mr. Fairytale got the night off of photo shooting. Sunday ,...

So . . . I don't know, maybe two months ago, I bought The Staple Dress pattern from April Rhodes.  Then I bought two voile prints (both Anna Maria Horner), and laid them out on my kitchen table and cut.  You can almost hear the hallelujah chorus of how much I enjoyed this one, and no I cut this one BEFORE I bought those shears that are better than butter .  It was quick, easy, pure instant gratification, and with the way the dress falls and is cut larger to smaller Nessa still fits in it.  Even better now, as I filled it before.  Yes, yes I did.  Everybody should have a dress, or two, in the wardrobe that can just be thrown on, paired with a belt (or not), and sported on the go.  One of those simple pleasures of life that make you go, "Ahhh, ain't life sweet today?" when you have a stack of shit falling on you and no end is in sight. I think the hardest part of this dress is having the patience to tape together the printed pattern (thoug...

It's week two of Me Made May . . . are you tired of seeing my mug yet? Day One, Monday (since I left off with Sunday, a hungover day post Derby madness). That's the Colette Sorbetto, altered.  I inverted the pleat, sewed it two inches, and did the rest the same.  That shirt is the skirt I hacked up . . . I mentioned that about three posts ago, I think.  I love the shirt; Mr. Fairytale seems to heart it too.  The shirt is a total win.  The skirt, well it gave me that shirt.  Jeans: Express.   Day Two, Tuesday (also known as the last day of class for the semester).  I posted this one on Instagram and Facebook, and from the reaction .  . .well, I love the dress too.  I have another one with purple polka dots (sorta).  It's The Staple Dress, by April Rhodes, in Anna Maria Horner fabric.  On this one you can see I did a bit of shearing at the waist (just enough, three rows).  My other version only has on...