And James is reasonably pleased with them. they have growing room, so I may not have to make more for a while... He has taken all 4 pairs off to camp.
However, I do want to try the zippy-off's again, as there are certain refinements to the pattern that I need to make... He may come home to an experimental RED pair! :D
Hey he can always wear them around the house to clean and do yard work. ;) Nobody said he had to wear them out anywhere. Tell him once or twice of crawling around pulling weeds in the garden and they won't be so bright a red anymore. ;)
Yeah... And the last lot of weird coloured trousers I made for him (sort of purplish navy & mid blue camo pattern!) he wore to death! He has plenty of garden work to do, whith grass mowing, bush clipping and branch shredding, a path to help build, and rocks to shift... Red zippy-offs it is! :D And the front and back garden combined are 270 feet long!
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I took a much needed break from my psychedelic color chaos. The children and I went to a birthday party/pool party yesterday and had a blast. Sunday, I spent 3 hours cleaning out the garage...we actually have space in there now...I'm impressed!! Saturday, the family just hung out, played in the little pool that we have for the children (neither knows how to swim yet), and had a water balloon fight.
Those were all more important than sewing.....not that it happens often .
Here's a question for you.....The capris I'm making my niece are all rather plain...darts in front and back, pockets in front. I was thinking about doing some decorative stitching on the white pair - using orange, lime, and blue....what do you think about that?? The stitching would be on the pockets and at the hem of the pants.
photos.yahoo.com/nystitcher1972 has pictures of the plain tangerine pair of capris so you can see what they look like without any decoration.
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should give you a link to the 1st page of the SImplicity patternsfor girls. The pattern I'm working with is # 3771, which is thesecond one in the first row. If you click on that, you can see thedesign sketch for the capris, which probably shows the pockets andsuch more clearly. Thanks and congrats!
I suspect anyone related to Kate could carry it off. ;-)
Beverly, finished with the third set of casual slacks, now on to the shirts. And we have reservations at a chi-chi restaurant in NYC for DD & DSIL's anniversary, so I'm going to make some palazzo pants, too. I found the "Slinky" travel fabric at denverfabrics.com. :-)
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Click on Kate's Pages and explore!Thanks Kate! I was thinking that as well....tried out some possiblestitches last night and will try to whip them out today. I'm takingpictures of all thepossible outfit combinations as I go along....LOTSof options for DN....and if I can get back to DDs patterns, she'llhave lots of options as well....I like clothes that can mix and matchand *someday* I'm going to make myself an entirely new wardrobe thatall mixes and matches....maybe when they children are a bit older. Larisa
If you start with making sure everything you buy from now on mixes and matches properly, attrition will contribute to your having a coordinated wardrobe much sooner.
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