I Hate these Vogue Pants

I hate this pattern!!!!! It has given me SOOOO much drama...

I had such high hopes... lots of fellow sewing enthusiast on pattern review give it great reviews... its labeled "very easy"

I always have to shorten the waist... but on these the 'waist' looked and measured correctly to fit me.....but not so...

that Band!!! The wide hip band messed everything up... and its

my fault I didn't count on it coming up so high... and gaping!

First the pants were to large,, so I took them in about 2 inches...

So the bottom part of the pants fit great after taking them in... no pulls, wrinkles, "frown lines"

great fit on the booty too!

I add the wide band... my dreams of beautiful, hip-hugging pants come to an end.... the band

comes up to my belly button! This is not low rise.... like described in the pattern.... and the

band gaps horrible in the back!!! AND it somehow causes all these "frown lines" ... now I feel like screaming!!!

I fold the band in half, lowering it and sitting lower it doesn't gap....

but the lines are there to stay I'm afraid... that kind of adjustment needed to be made to the pattern before the garment was cut... in my experience anyways.... I don't know of any other

alteration for those stupid stupid lines!

So I'm bummed about my pants.... even though I have RTW pants that don't fit as well as these

did... they should fit perfect cause I MADE them!!! for ME... the only thing good about these pants is the pretty metallic embroidery on the leg I did....

Back to BWOF pants and Ottobre!!! They're not as stressful! I don't have to adjust them as much

Tunisian and Tapestry crochet on the hooks

It seems that no matter what or how many projects I have going one is always Tunisian and one is always a tapestry or fair isle type with color changes or pictures. I love this tapestry handbag. It’s going to be The perfect bag for October!! The pattern was included in a booklet that cane with a Simply Crochet magazine from the UK. It’s eating a lot of yarn so Caron one pound yarn is perfect! Cause there’s a lot of it and it’s an easy care for acrylic. Handbags tend to get thrown around a lot so washable with all this white is super important when I was choosing a yarn. I’ll be adding a liner too. And pockets .. I can not have a bag without inside pockets! For oh so long I’ve wanted to try the double hook Tunisian technique. I have Lily Chins dvd on it but she’s way over my head at this point! This simple pattern is in Interweave crochet magazine fall 2018. Great pattern to get started with! The Bavarian blanket is still on a hook and will be a long time because ...

The accidental costume coming right along......

Ok! I didn't mean to start this costume. I meant to finish my Fire costume first but...I needed to make a 'muslin' for my holiday skirt though... and I thought I would make it out of this beautiful stretch velvet fabric I got from Gail K's back in the summer... and so a costume is born!!!! Just check out the color combos on this. I'm styling it after a Sahar costume. And so now... I can go ahead with Project Holiday Outfit too... the fit of this skirt is divine! I'll be making it again and again!

The "Panama Dress"!

Here is my "Panama Dress" from fabric I bought in... yes Panama! Its actually a skirt and top but it does look like a dress. No pattern, all draped. The skirt is made up of 4 separate long triangle panels that are that are rounded at the bottom. There's ALOT of movement in the skirt. The top is a fitted band around the waist and the top bust part is only attached in the back and at the sides so the bust part makes a pretty drape and I could get the waist part super tight and fitted. I hand knit the belt out of some beautiful copper yarn I got up in Philly and attached it to the skirt. The purse is some fabric I got at the sewing expo last year and is covered in tiny black poodles. It draws up at the top and through a little black crocheted doily I made that I covered in crystals. The pattern for the purse is called Circle Purse and I can't remember the designer!!! Someone asked me where I bought this dress when I wore it out last Tues. and yes I beamed when I said ...

Handworks Crochet and then Some!

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