Much Better!

This feels much better - I don't feel like Grandma...or a matron of the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Montgomery (because of the stripes, you know).



This is Butterick 4399 but apparently it's discontinued, because I couldn't find a picture or link online. It doesn't have a waistband but fits very nicely I think. (You non-sewers quit your gagging and scroll on down.)



And there's the center back zipper.



I made this a year ago but only wore it once for some reason (maybe because it wrinkles horribly). Then when the fiasco happened with the wrap dress, I decided to pull this out, wore it to the school's open house, and loved it. Dean gave it the stamp of approval - he walked in and stated, "You're wearing a skirt. Did you wear that to WORK?" (Ever hopeful that his wife who normally dresses like a man might have turned over a new leaf.) So I think I'll make some more of these in different lengths and fabrics. We're not all made for dresses.

In other news, Lucas is fired up about building a cart he saw in his Cub Scout handbook. It's like a small go-cart without the motor. He's asked every day if we can go to "a junkyard" to look for a motor, though. Drew spied 2 motors in the classifieds for $50 each and mentioned this to Lucas at dinner. Lucas immediately went slack-jawed and bug-eyed and asked what were "classifieds" and where could he find them. Dean rolled his eyes.

And that reminds me of a conversation my brother and I had. He's teaching his 10-year-old daughter to shoot the rifle she got for Christmas, and I'm teaching my son to use the sewing machine he got for his birthday. Raising the next generation of gender-confused children, I guess. (Well-rounded is more like it.)