But not photographed.
Most of my sewing really isn't photo worthy, actually. I'm pretty sure most of you have seen a pair of black pants before, right? And you don't need to see the long stashed UFO that I cut out about 2 years ago from a floral rayon using a Burda wrap top pattern that I finally marked and started on, the whole time wondering if this match of fabric to pattern was going to work, if I really liked either the fabric or pattern, if it was going to fit, and if I would ever wear it to decide none of the above and tossed it in the trash along with my pledge to create no more run on sentances. Nor do you need to see the epic fail of a silky-poly border print skirt that had just a bit too much body for the style I attempted, just fugly, but I have another panel to try again someday.
But you DO need to see my uber-cool Vogue top with the exposed zipper down the back. Granted you don't need to know about my first attempt at the zipper where - at the very end of construction - I zipped the pull right off the top of the zipper (though to be perfectly frank I wasn't excited about my installation - it was a tad wonky). But the end result pretty much rocks and it's always great when you complete a beautiful sleeveless summer garment just in time for it to snow. In April. Seriously, as a side note, in a singe 2-day weekend I had on my heat and my AC. And you need to see my other version of the same top that I finished a couple of weeks ago. I made Vogue 8419 (which is now OOP - too bad it's a great pattern) a couple of times a few years ago and then stashed the pattern away and forgot about it. But it's actually back in style with the retro look to it, fits me well and goes together easily. And once I got it back out I just didn't put it away. In my shopping excursion a couple of weeks ago I saw a number of tops similar to this style and with the exposed zipper, both versions sleeveless. Et, Viola, I am in style.
I still have a t-shirt cut out to sew together, I was just to lazy to change serger thread colors. Maybe this week. My DH will be home this weekend and next weekend so there will likely be very little sewing going on in chez BeeBee for the next little bit. But perhaps more dining out and even a round of golf? It could happen.
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It's good that you feel up to sewing. And dining. And golfing. I saw your post on StitchersGuild concerning the V8811 dress. I believe that pattern will be in the next roundup.
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