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

A Great Weekend!

The Bald Man and I had a fantastic weekend! Friday we just kinda hung around the house.. watched a movie. Saturday was 'going out' night! We went couple of places and then ended up at the Mirage. Its been awhile since I've been there but we told Rach we would come see her dance. Here she is to the right in a bra and belt I made which looks great on her!! I hate to say it but I really don't like watching bellydancers after all the years of dancing myself and watching them. I find it boring... unless the dancer has what I call the "it" factor. Let me tell ya! Rach has the "it" factor! She sparkles and grows when she dances. Most people can learn to dance... but not everyone shines when they do it. I'll be back to see Rach dance again! Below we have a pic of Capt. Bald Man! Yesterday we took one of the boats out for a joy ride on Lake Loudon. We had fun... and some surprises along the way!! It was a beautiful day to be on the lake!!! Next Sunda...

New Machine!!! and getting organized!

Here's my new baby... The babylock cover stitch machine!!! It runs quite, sews like a dream... For those of you who follow my blog you know I have the Babylock Evolve which has cover stitch abilities.. but I have to convert it.. and I'm lazy. I sew ALOT of knits!! So with the money I made off of a couple of costumes I bought this! And its love!!!! Adding a new machine means re-organizing my sewing rooms to make it work... so my stash got re organized too... check out how neat it looks now!! Actually we're re organizing alot of the rooms in our house... here's the Bald Man in his new office! LOL!!! You can't even walk in there! Also.. I joined the Sew Craft Blog ! I'm in group three and looking forward to meeting new seamstresses and fiber artists!

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 ...

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