#22: Sew Myself a Piece of Clothing

This is my hazel from Colette Patterns!! I made it out of one of my late grandma's old moo moos. I used almost all the fabric from the moomoo, all cut up and stuff. I did not sew it expertly but it's holding together. !! I made it for the RollerCon Riedell Luau!! Looking forward to it. Also will probably sew another hazel or two. It's a great dress. Modifications? No zipper, shorter straps, and a way shorter skirt.  I'm a tart.

best walk of life

Did you watch the Proenza Schouler live runway show? I didn't get to b/c i had errands to run and babies to pick up. But, I'm watching now and here's my favourite shots (from vogue's live photo wall thingy)!

i love the shiny aqua/teal velvet and the zigzags. i feel like this entire collection secretly inspired by MIA from her galang galang days.

so ARULAR and mish-mash guatemalan exports. i probably wont incorporate any of this into my wardrobe though

now, this i wont incorporate either, but i'm loving the resurgence of pattern on pattern.  finethankyou... called this one the other day when he emailed me that mishmash of cosby sweaters ahaha.

the statement necklace has been big for the past few years and i like this one. faux fur let's hope and CLAWS so tough and witchy and bitchy i love it.

Now, Marc by marc jacobs also showed up yesterday and I'm finally getting to look at the photos and i want so much of it and i die. i just die! i want one of everything and want to sew all my friends replicas. the shine! the tweed! the shoes! the ankle socks! the bags! the velvet jackets! YEEPS!

there was a nice predominance of "fall" colours in this collection. so 70s. that sweater, just great. with that big cable. gush.

camel hair sweater? derek, make this for yourself. Me? I want the laptop bag.

I like these higher waist hunting/woodland animal themed printed skirts. they look so silky and soft.

cropped jackets in marc. cropped sweaters. cropped cropped cropped. the waist has moved up.

velvet jackets. yes.

i want this dress, or something like it, like nobody's business. i think i'll have to make one, somehow.

check out my guest post over at colette patterns!

when sarai asked bloggers to put together a spring palette for her spring sewing challenge i immediately jumped on the bandwagon! it was so fun putting my palette together and just loving grey grey grey!


mostly it's inspired by robyn and her outfits in the dancing on my own video. which did come out last summer but will have huge implications on what i want to wear this spring.
Here's the LINK !!

i found a home in your eyes

i realized yesterday that november 2010 is the month of me posting my heart out. so strange! after such a drought, i'm kind of going bat shit. i think the past few days is me realizing that i'm going to have to actually start working tomorrow and i don't want to work, but have to, tis the problem with the modern age. i just need to keep reminding myself that the hard work now will pay off one day!

my parents are sorting out their stuff from moving down here almost 2 years ago. they're creating work spaces upstairs, etc. that means that a big bin of stuff of mine and my sister's from when we were kids was unearthed (Eden, you will DIE). i found my old cabbage patch baby doll with the rattle inside (which is now in seth's toy basket), among other things, including my most beloved cabbage patch figurines that i've now put on display. i loved these things to death.



and then, while seth was sleeping, i finally sewed up one of the drawstring skirts i've been meaning to make (2 more to go). i love it. love. it.



ok. off to have coffee with my gay husband. will have giveaway up tomorrow (or tuesday at the latest!). XO