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 :) 

Homecoming and lace

My significant other invited me to homecoming and I didn't have a thing to wear!

Well I sorta did....

Oh hi mom

I had a swoonworthy skirt and a creme tank top. 

Not quite homecoming appropriate. 

I had a week and eight dollars.

so I decided on making a versatile overlay that I could wear to homecoming and with shorts in the summer. 

I picked up this lace at JoAnn's I used my handy dandy 50% off coupon and bought just a sliver

 (and used every scrap!)

I planned it out to be sleeveless and to drape over my shoulders with a head hole and two side seams. 

I layered my favorite tank top over the fabric with the folded end on the shoulder seam. 

Then I cut the lace ever so carefully and scalloped the neckline and straps

Like so~

Took forever! And boy was it terrifying... It felt like performing surgery.

But it was oh so rewarding~ 

I treated all of the scalloped edges with liquid stitch.

 It's a Latex fabric glue that's GREAT for treating edges and corners that seem weak to you. 

I highly recommend it.

All that I had to do was stitch up two seams!

Tucked in it's a classy overlay

Un-Tucked and it's got a killer Stevie Knicks vibe to it. 

Or maybe Stevie Knicks's grandma.

And it sparkles~