Maternity Clothes? Who Needs ‘Em!

No seriously, who needs those? Oh wait……

So, in light of my ever decreasing wardrobe I decided that needed a new skirt. My initial idea was to put a jersey knit band on top of the waist of a skirt. I used my Sew What! Skirts book to make the fitted waist A-Line skirt. Failure to plan ahead…..

This is where my lack of patience and skill comes back to bite me and I just start hacking things up. I should have added an extra inch of ease to the waist and hips, instead I ended up cutting off the top because it was going to be too tight. Then when I added my jersey knit waist, it was a little too big. I’ve got about 4 and a half months to grow into it I suppose, and it is cute. Better too big than too small.

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Applique Anyone?

After flipping around on various craft sites and Etsy, I decided that I needed to applique some t-shirts. Nothing puts a personal stamp on clothing like your own homemade iron-on patches. So I came up with some ideas, some things I drew free hand and others I traced from various pictures. I must say I’m excited about this new venture and to date have only tried one out.

I must tell you, I love hippos. My future child will learn to enjoy them as well, as it’s nursery will be decorated with hippos. Baby’s first blanket has hippos on it. You get the picture. That being said, my first applique was an orange hippo. There is nothing more lovely than an orange hippo.

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THE Skirt

I bought this skirt pattern, Butterick B4461, back in the summer for 99 cents. Honestly, why pay more for patterns? Those 99 cent sales are on at least once a month. I found the perfect black embroidered moleskin fabric in September and paid more than common sense should have allowed for it. But you know how life gets in the way sometimes? Well, I finally had some down time to make the skirt and well, I was 14 weeks pregnant. I made the skirt anyways. Baby or not, I wanted this skirt!

However, I am probably going to go back to my Sew What! Skirts book. I like the freedom.

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I don’t get it, I’m just not cool

I do not understand this trend of pre-distressed jeans. Being a person who: a) doesn’t grow (upwards or outwards), b) has no money & c) is not cool, I am NOT going to pay for jeans that someone (probably an 8 year old working for quarters) has torn up. Excuse me Juan Diaz, go back to the playground..Distressing my jeans is my job. My jeans will be distressed over time, at my own leisure. And by over time, I mean I have a pair of perfectly distressed jeans that I’ve been working diligently on since 1996. No, I’m not joking, I own a pair of jeans that I’ve had since the beginning of 9th grade. Sadly, they are bordering on indecent as one of the back pockets is threatening to show my underwear any second now, and this makes my heart sad because they are the perfect jeans and I can’t just get rid of them.

Back to my original rant: why would I buy jeans that already have holes in them? I mean, even my distressed jeans are only shredded at the bottom! I don’t wear jeans with holes all over the legs. I think these jeans are reserved for girls who are willing to shave their legs in the winter…sorry guys, there’s a reason we wear pants. Why would I want holy pants in the cold weather? What irritates me further is that the pre-distressed jeans are the ones that fit the best, and I can’t even smile for jeans that fit me when they have holes all over the place. I’m not 80′s enough for holy jeans.

Shoes….bodonkadonk

yes, this is an honest posting about shoes. what is this trend with boots? who wants furry boots…with pants tucked into them?! personally, i am not a fan of boots of any kind. I don’t like shoes that come above my ankles. However, if your pants are tucked into your boots..you look dumb..jessica simpson.
also, wearing boots with mini skirts or shorts or something that is not pants and shows off the bootieness of your boots. and yes, i did just say that…so love it.

pointy shoes. i think this speaks for itself. when i see pointy shoes i immediately think of the wizard of oz, when the house fell on the wicked witch of the east and her feet were pointy right before they curled up under the house. therefore i refer to them as witch shoes and cannot figure out how people can get their feet into them.

heels…i don’t like heels. i hate wearing heels. i want to drive the heel through the eye of the person who invented heels. they are not comfortable and they turn women into liars. i was at a wedding once and a guest made a comment about the bride saying “she’s tall..i didn’t realize she was so tall”. she’s not turd wad, she’s wearing at least 2 inch heels…she’s not tall, she’s a liar. i wasn’t willing to sacrifice comfort to not be dwarfed by my husband on my wedding day. i had to wear heels in my brother’s wedding (chris picked the shoes) and i was not comfortable. which is why i let my bridesmaids pick their own shoes, because a) i want them to be comfortable and b) who cares about feet..no one is looking at the bridesmaids or their feet.