10 Reasons to Love This Romper

This is my go to summer outfit,

when parried with a thrift store stretchy belt I feel like I can take on the frigging world. 

See that seat, take it. 

And let me show you 10 reasons why I love this Romper,

First off,

It's good for long-boarding, adventuring and just chilling with my friends! 

Here is some photo evidence that I do indeed have friends to chill with,

bonus points for the long-boarding shot.

Secondly, it's sentimental.

This lining is an up-cycled tunic from Jesus Christ Superstar.

It was worn on stage by a good friend and personal Hero of mine named Bob.

Bob is awesome.

 And third, It looks so lonely when it's not on my body :(

Just looking at it all sad and empty makes me want to fill it and dance around...

I made this romper before I knew about interfacing. So I dropped the ball on the flap part here.

 But let's all focus on the nice hand stitching! 

It took like an hour and I can't remember why I was so determined...

But it looks cute! 

(which is the fourth reason I love it) 

Oh and did I mention? 

This pattern was self drafted~ 

Which is numbers five through nine of why it is so great.

Is it perfect? No.

There is some gaping in the neckline and I didn't put in any pockets :/ 

But I practically live in it!

And number ten, I spent no money making it!

the snaps were found laying around in my sewing chest,

I drafted the pattern,

and this fabric was lovingly donated by my stash busting neighbor. 

thanks Dawn!

And....Even more good news,

 I still have some left! 

Any ideas on what this should be? 

Leave your suggestions below and I'll see if any of them strikes chord :) 

Pants party

As you know if you read this post I recently Costumed 1776 the musical. 

And that means I sewed pants.

Colonial era pants.   

I forgot about these more or less until I brought them up to my Insta buddy Kate.

She was intrigued, as she should be.

So I held a fashion shoot and brought sexy back to the colonial era!


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Honestly I feel like the world would be a better place if there were more fun pants!

I drafted the pattern myself, it's just two seams and three channels with elastic strung though.

Oh and look at that Jabot~

 And this one will have a matching hat eventually. 

There's a bit of a side project in the works.

*cough cough* You- Tube mini series *cough cough*

The man that wore thes in 1776 managed to rip them three times... 

But whats a musical without some ripped seams and frayed nerves!

and My lovely assistant Annette helped me though all of the rough patches.

She also sewed three pairs of pants! 

I have some odd things lurking in my closet 

What strange things do you have hiding in your closet?