so comfy!

After the dress disaster (of which I have been to frustrated to fix as of yet), I started on MPB Jeans Sew-along. I made a muslin of khaki twill. After working on it for more than a week and nearly completing it, I had DH try the pants on. Much to my dismay, they are too long in the rise. At this point, I have to rip out the entire inseam and make adjustments. *sigh*

So... I decided to put aside that project and make something for myself. Many years ago I bought a pattern for maternity pants. Nothing fancy, just glorified yoga pants, but it is the first time I have worked with knit. Thankfully it is an easy pattern and went together in one day. And I am feeling more comfortable with the serger.

These pants are sooooo comfy! I will be picking up more knit to make more pants as I plan on wearing these for the remainder of the pregnancy.
(I'll post pictures soon!)

Aaaaaaaaggggghhhhh!

I've spent the past week working on a dress for my oldest. Yes, a week... sometimes things take way longer when you have to stop after every seam to chase after a two year old. But, today I finally was nearing the end. I just needed her to try it on so I could mark the straps and bottom hem. However, as I zipped it up I realized that it doesn't fit. *cry* It's too tight in the bodice. Clearly I measured her wrong.

My first thought is to salvage the bottom of the dress and make it into a skirt. However, I am aware that I am emotionally compromised right now and put it aside to think about it for a while.

*sigh*

I have the fabric cut for my 'muslin' for the MPB Jeans Sew-along. I'll get started on that tonight.

finishing small projects

A few months ago my sister sent me three super cute dresses for my youngest. However, since she doesn't see the little munchkin all that often, she didn't know the little munchkin is, well, little. She'll have to grow into the shoulders, and since she will also be taller when it does fit better, I decided to add some length to one of them.

I picked up some lavender fabric with tiny white dots and added six inches to the hemline.

Here is my silly model with her altered dress. Her comment to the dress... "Oh, I love it!"