Paging Dr. Pinterest-- Code Blue: Emergency T-Shirt Surgery

Dress in action, circa Nov. 2012

Oh hey, look! It's like, June... of 2016. Heh. I did indeed make things between my last post and now, I just didn't blog them. Of course, I'm pretty sure no one but myself will ever read these again, but as a grad student and former auditor, I can state with certainty that the value of good documentation cannot be overemphasized. Which means I should probably get off of my ass.

At any rate, I tend to make things when I need an outlet, so lolz. I need to be making shit for years, apparently. In the meantime however, I made a dress for Darth Cuteness from a dress that I used to love to wear when I was pregnant with her. Here's the original dress, modeled by yours truly and accessorized with the Elder Kid =>>


I started using Pinterest a while ago, and lo and behold! I needed to make something to maintain my mental health and there was my "clothes" board waiting for me, filled with good ideas (and also some bad ones; let's be serious it's Pinterest).

I settled on the Junebug dress by Jess of Craftiness is Not Optional (here; click on the 'junebug dress' tag for all of the posts and downloadable pattern), and it turned out MAGNIFICENTLY if I do say so myself:

I'm really digging on the Skellingtonesque stripes.

Buttonholes have been my enemy in the past, but that's only because I had no idea how to make good ones until around about last year during my quest to not suck at sewing things. I can't tell you how nervewracking it was to sew them into the front panel here since it's not like I had spare fabric, but it turned out fantastically and I'm super pleased. Here's some detail on the front panel (please excuse the chalk marks if you see them; I literally finished it, squeegled a lot, took immediate photos and came here to gloat. err, share.)

THE BUTTONS. OMG.

So, this was a resounding success and my kid is going to look ridiculously cute wearing it. Therapy achieved. Now let's see what I make tomorrow... err. Later today.