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 Still my favorite Advance Pattern, this time sans collar. The fabric I bought at Joanne Fabrics. I am sure it was meant for curtains. LOL  Who cares. I rock this shit. Fabric is actually made by McCall's! It is the pattern envelope drawings from the 50s little girls dress designs. I screamed when I saw it in the store. There was no stopping me from buying it!  I used the same color block design that I devised last time. It really makes it "pop."  I worked damn hard to keep the center front and center back seam from being seen. There are some half-girls in there, but any way I cut it, someone was going to get Dahmer'd so this is as good as it gets. For my birthday I got a facial at a local salon. The lady told me I have nice skin, but she pointed out that I have rosacea! ROSACEA!!! WTF!!! Well, that makes sense because I am always getting red and irritated cheeks. I had to completely change my entire skin care regime. I was using walnut scrubs for God's sakes, she

The most expensive pattern purchase I have made was this Advance Pattern. I won't tell you how much. It makes me sick LOL. I love it so hardcore that I dream about it. The Elvis Fabric was meant for this dress. And since I spent my ass on it, you are going to see more of this pattern in different variations This is dress number two from the pattern. It's the view B option- with collar. Dude, you know an Elvis tribute dress needs a huge fecking collar!  I LOVE wearing this dress. It looks great, feels like a dream, it's light, it's twirly...all that good shit.  Soy una fantasma, I am always this white, no really I am  Don't you hate static?  The material is cotton. Do I ever * not* use cotton????- well I have...but never liked it. I actually wore this on New Year's Eve at the band gig.  The pattern is a Raglan Sleeve. My first of this type.I started with my kimono sleeve sloper, and drew in the sleeve-yoke pieces, following the original 50's pattern. It's

Sassy Time! Thanks to all my gal pals for giving me the pep talk in my last blog entry, because it got me to take pictures! Love you all!  If you watched the video I posted, this is the exact dress I planned from the Butterick retro Pattern: Mine is done from my personal plus size kimono sleeve sloper. So I have side bust darts for fitting. I also have shorter sleeves, which Butterick does not have. I traced the basic shape of the Butterick neck onto my sloper, and used the Butterick collar exactly as drafted. I am very pleased with it and will be making more of these. I think I would like to do a print with it. I would like a print with a solid collar on the inside and some solid trim.    People tell me I look good in red....not sure...but I definitely got comments at work. Mostly about how "bright" the red was. Hey if you can't handle the heat- get out of the kitchen! Hot Tamale!  Side zip is not seen here, but it's there =-) See all the extra room Kimono sleeves ha

Have you noticed that I have been missing? It's all January's fault. It comes around every year and sucks the life out of me. Sure, it's the month of my birthday.....but getting older doesn't help matters. Truth is, regardless of what state my life is in, January is always an emotional mess. I have had some "obstacles" (aka assholes) to overcome in the last 2 months. I am trying to not let that get me down. The sweet La Dama has been helping me (from Vintage Passions Like Mine- blog). It seems to me that "truth" and "reality" are two ships passing in the night. I have been very busy into my music projects. I did a solo show at the beginning of the month. I could post some videos of  that.... I started a new rock band, in addition to Backseat Betties, learning some new songs for that. And I am going to be guest guitartist/vocalist with another local band in March and April. Still have new songs to learn for that venture. But I do have 4 new