Vintage Skirts

But first, an iris from my backyard - beautiful!

So I have Simplicity 7560 in my stash, and I remember that I made a couple of skirts with it. I've been thinking about making a short, sleeveless dress to wear in Japan next month (yikes - next month!), but then I thought that making a couple of skirts would be much quicker...plus I really want to knit a loose shrug to wear with them when we go out at night...assuming it's cool at night, which I haven't checked yet. Anyway, back to the skirt.

So I pulled out the pattern and saw that my hip measurement is the same as what I cut back in 1994 when I made this last, but my waist has gone up a size. I've cut one out today and gotten as far as the zipper, but I'd like to do an exposed zipper instead of the lapped one. Then I noticed the darts were all wrong, so I read up on those in a couple of fitting books, then I remembered that I had the original skirts still hanging in my closet. Let's have some fun! Ooh, we wore them up high in the 90's, didn't we? This actually sits on my rib cage...and I must've been a skinny chick to sit down in this number.

Hopefully the hip will fit when I loosen up the waistband on the new skirt - I did cut a size larger there.


This was my favorite outfit of all time (not the pink shirt). I wore a white T-shirt under this vest, and I was always so proud to wear this to work since I sewed it all myself.




Now this is a different pattern, which I also have upstairs, and I might give it a shot since it's got pockets.


Except that I don't like the way it hangs, and I think it's an A-line.

I've got some extra drapey-ness on that left side that the right one doesn't have.

So maybe darts have changed since the 90's, but these darts all go WAY below any fullness they're supposed to be pointing to. I'm going to redo the first one without darts in the front, and I'll raise them up in the back, then see what it looks like with an exposed zipper. Off to Hancock - hope to have something to show for it later this weekend. Have a great one yourself!

Sci-fi

And finally, I was reading a medical thriller (can't remember the title or author, but he was a medical school classmate of Michael Crichton and/or Robin Cook) whose main character had Asperger's, and at the end he wrote a whole section on his own child's diagnosis, which is how I diagnosed Timmy Failure in the next photo. In the book, the character mentioned this sci-fi book as being a classic, so I couldn't NOT look that up, and it had rave reviews. So far it's living up to the hype, but I'm only 1/3 done, so I'll hold judgment for now. Now where'd I set my margarita?

Great kid's book

Lucas brought this and kept reading excerpts to me and showing me pictures, and darned if one picture didn't make him teary-eyed, so I read it next. It's a hilarious book with awesome pictures, but it struck me that the character has Asperger's and ADHD. I don't know if the author has experience with that stuff, but I doubt it was accidental. Lucas even picked up on it. It's kind of like Diary of a Wimpy Kid but with heavier undertones, like when Mom's new boyfriend tries to discipline the kid. Lucas has read it twice so far, and I highly recommend it.

Knit Book

So I brought some things to read on Spring Break. Found this at the library, and it's about adjusting patterns to fit better, plus it's got some cute patterns in it.

Canadian Paddling Team, Eh?!

Canadian Paddle Bosses

They just went right by our dock - paddling team from Canada if I heard the boss right. Canadian lurkers, did you know of such a thing?

Full Moon