Sew, I spent the day making the Vogue pattern V8728 which is a remake of a 1946 dress. I thought it would work well on me because I have an hour glass shape and usually anything fitted on top with a full skirt works well.
This was odd. The top was too big and the skirt is more full than I'm used to. It's probably because I used a heavier fabric but I wanted something to transition into the fall. I'm going to have to take the shoulders up about an inch so that the neckline doesn't sit oddly, wide and ugly. The sleeves were also a little too pronounced so I will take them in alot to sit closer to the pattern picture. On the plus side, I got this lovely striped seersucker for less than $3.00 a yard because it had a bad smell and no one would buy it. I washed it, smell gone (it smelled like it had been in storage a long time). The fabric is a heavier seersucker than you usually see in the store, so I think it is an older fabric.
On the pattern, the neckline is wide rounded but it leaves too much to spaced. So by tucking up the shoulders it changes the pattern a bit, but I like it better.
This week I bought some fabulous fabrics for some lined trousers, a fabulous Donna Karan jacket, and a vest and skirt. All ready for the fall.
I also signed up for weightwatchers with a plan to drop the weight I've put on since recovering from ankle surgery. I just want to drop 25 lbs....not much, but seems like a lot from where I'm looking.
So that's my life this week. Tonight finish up college work and back to work tomorrow. This was a fun weekend. I was in a zombie apocolypse video shoot yesterday for a staff appreciation day next month, and I spent the day in our library mascot uniform. Sot though this weekend was short because I worked, it was fun.
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