Not-So-Haute Couture

These might work, too. They have elastic gores, inside zipper and come in wide width. Everything I need for my fat legs. They're running a 40% off one item sale, too.

I've been looking for short boots .

Still got sock-monkeys on my mind. I found a step-by-step picture tutorial to make them. I would embroider the eyes so they'd be safe for the little ones.

My funnel-neck shirt did get completed. I raised the underarms--much better. Still a bit roomy; I might try just taking it in at the sides. The Unique pants re-draft is a success! A few tweaks were needed--could easily be due to the fabric. My pants pattern tweak reference is Pants for Real People . A very helpful book. The pants pattern has tapered legs, so now that I've got it where it fits, I'm going to try altering it to a straight-leg pattern. I have 2 Christmas stockings to make: 1 for our new son-in-law and 1 for our new grandson! I got those 2 Christmas stockings cut out on Saturday. I had a pre-holiday cut-a-thon and I have ready to sew: 2 Christmas Stockings V-neck shirt from a black sweater knit using the funnel-neck shirt pattern with neckline variation. 2 pairs of pants. I wanted some nice black material for my next pair of pants. I have plenty of my cheapy Wally-poly that I used for the test pair, but now that I know they'll fit, why not use some nic...

Chocolate Shoes! Thanks, Divas !

Take a hunk o' material, interfacing, knitted collars and buttons and let them age a bit: Remove pattern from envelope. Let that age a bit. Alter the previous alterations: Cut out material and sew the shirts: Happy husband likes the shirts I make him: These really did turn out nice and went together very easily. Here are the additional alterations I did to eliminate flapping sleeves and too-low armholes: Raise armhole and reduce width in sleeve and corresponding width in underarm. Add a bit to the sides to make up for lost width taken out at underarm. I also added a self-band to the bottom of the sleeve instead of hemming. Next time I must remember to serge-finish the edges of the placket right after fusing and before sewing to shirt.