Pattern Alterations Continue

** My kindergarten teacher was right - I'm a slow worker. **
The kids were with their father this weekend & I was able to take the cling wrap off MeToo and make flat pattern blocks from it. My left and right sides have different measurements in some spots so I made blocks for both sides. My (hopefully) next step is to transfer the markings from the cling wrap to the kraft paper blocks.
I was also able to take measurements for pants fitting. Since MeToo doesn't have legs, I enlisted the Little Miss to help me take measurements. She did a really good job and it only cost me $1. I used the measurements - and all the pattern fitting reference I have - to grade Butterick 4125's pants pattern pieces. Tonight I lenghten.
Sorry for the photo-less post. More (w/ pics) soon.

Awesome Tights Tutorials

CRAFT Magazine's blog had a link to this fabulous tutorial today. Taking hole-y kids' tights, and cheap ladies' knee socks to make funky kids' tights. I know what I'm going to do with the Little Miss's outgrown tights...

Awesome kids' knee-sock tights tutorial

There are two other tights (ok, one is for leggings, but they'd be worn as tights...) tutorials I first became acquainted with through Wardrobe Refashion:

1. Carolyn's make your own tights tutorial. And I have some sheer stretch fabric in the stash just waiting for me to turn them into tights (for me!)

2. Elizabeth Abernathy's sweater-to-leggings tutorial. I've got a fuzzy blue sweater waiting to become leggings for the Little Miss. (Note: The tutorial is no longer on her blog, but the after pic is still on Wardrobe Refashion.)

A New Mrs. O Style Book Available 11/29/11

I must get this book when it comes out on the 29th! I love Mrs. O.

Commander in Chic: Every Woman's Guide to Managing Her Style Like a First Lady
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My Mommy Made This

Snowstorm, power outages, school cancellations and all, the kids and I are moved into my mother's place. It still looks like 2 households jammed into 1 space, but we're no longer going back and forth.

My mom liked to buy things A LOT of things. So, every closet, drawer, and nook is filled with stuff. My mom also used to sew things. My sister and I are slowly going through things. In my perusals I saw a lovely grey knit dress my mom made from this 1990 Simplicity pattern.

While I love the basque waist (and the shoulder pads), my body shape and this dress do not see shoulder-to-shoulder (or chest-to-chest for that matter). I looked like a linebacker in a tutu when I tried the dress on. But, I knew it would look great on my sister. And it does.

She wore it to work the following Monday. My mother also had a lot of shoes and boots. My sister brought home a lovely beige suede pair: I advised her to wear them with the dress a la FLOTUS.

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I loved the Derek Lam dress as soon as I saw it. A grey princess-line dress with a handkerchief hem may make it's way into my wardrobe when things settle down.