I CAN DO THIS!!!

So, I finally finished my bias tap panties yesterday. They are gorgeous, see.....

But again, I must have done something wrong when I resized them. They were falling off of me! Of me! So, I did what any red blooded American girl would do... I attacked them with my sewing machine until I gave up. Now I have a not so pretty pair of tap panties that I wore around all day today, despite the fact that they look like crap.
I did cut out my pattern for my slip... yep that's right... another Mrs. Depew pattern. I just love her stuff, and this slip pattern is even neater than the tap pants. This one comes as a little itty bitty pattern and rulers to scale it to whatever size you need! So, once I got the pieces made guess what? It looks like I don't have to mess with widening it or anything! I could just shriek with the excitement! It will be a challenge, but I think I can manage. And after all, these panties have beyond frustrated me (I cried twice over them), so it is time for a new project.
Wish me luck!

If I have another daughter someday, I am going to name her Impatience...

because I have the least amount of patience in the world. And my poor mind scurries around subjects like a squirrel trying to escape a moving vehicle (or who hears jangling keys teehee!). I have so many topics on my mind and no way to filter them into anything coherent at all. Oh the joys of obsession.

Here are a few things on my mind right now...

Tap Panties- I am working on a new pattern again! This time I am trying another one from Mrs. Depew. It is a much simpler design, and I am quite enjoying it. Here are a few pictures of the project in action.

 I really messed up cutting it out. The waistband is supposed to include the little strip I left on the bottom of the large pattern piece. Oops. I rectified the mistake and cut out more material , only to discover I didn't really like the way it looked. So, I have decided to trim the waist, placket, and legs in black bias tape. It contrasts lovely with the pale yellow fabric. It is done in french seams (which I discover I love!), and my first attempt at them turned out gorgeous. I also learned a wonderful step to making my sewing look more professional. IRONING!! Someone should have told me long ago to iron everything in between every step. I will try to post some pictures of  the pants tomorrow, they look so wonderful. I'm very proud. 
Mrs. Depew is having a giveaway right now on her blog A Few Threads Loose! She will be giving away two of her wonderful patterns! I must say I want to win these, but I will most likely get the patterns one way or another. I already have a slip pattern from her, which will by my next project after I finish both sets of tap panties. After that I have picked out a nightgown and pajamas that I would like to try next! 
I must give a huge Thank You with a hug and a kiss to Shaun for allowing me to wreck the house to indulge this seamstress bug I have gotten!



Etiquette- I feel as if I am never quite lady like enough. I used to roll my eyes at my Mom when she would tell me that one of my actions was not lady like. Well, now I wish I would have listened! I am in great need of some finishing classes. I wonder if there are any around here?

Proper 40's Appearance- I wish I had access to a Sydney's like they have in the Women. I need my hair done, a manicure and pedicure, my eyebrows sculpted, a facial, a massage, my posture fixed, and my body exercised so these pounds would shed off. But, alas, I am but a monetary challenged person and could not afford it if there was such a place around here. So, I must improvise. I can do much of it on my own. This needs to happen in the next few days. I miss my Jungle Red nails!

Housekeeping- Boy! Have I let this one slip! I have been so obsessive over my sewing that I have let the house fall into slight messiness. Okay, looking around, quite messiness! I have laundry to do, a few dishes in the sink, and tons, I mean TONS, of thread and fabric scraps to pick up. I absolutely must get this sewing done!

Flylady- A few friends and I have started a FlyLady group on Facebook. I am anxious to see it up and going!

Well, add in some college courses and three kids, one of which is here tonight and I am missing the other two terribly, and you have me in a nutshell tonight. How about all of you? What is on your mind tonight?

Curse You Sewing Machine!

Now, I am not a seamstress. I can sew to save my life, but my items always come out sloppy. So, I don't know why I got it in my head to resize a pattern for tap pants.

Oh... yeah... cuz I really want a pair, and I want them to fit me... and, and... I don't want to spend $70 buying them off of etsy. So, I persisted.
I refit the pattern. I tormented over my angelicalishly demonic 1969 New Home sewing machine... and... I ... DID IT! Well, eh, kind of.

They do look pretty, albeit a little wonky. Like everything though, it will just take practice. Here in a few days I am going to try again. See, I forgot to lower the crotch on these, so they didn't fit so well. Also, I did a horrible job with the yoke. But it was a good first attempt (considering I haven't sewn anything of this caliber since I was pregnant with my daughter) , and now I know where to fix it next time. Plus, after a bit of tweaking, they are wearable now! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this girl has undergarments befitting of a lady.

I also tried to do a pair of 1930 knickers using a circle pattern I saw on another blog a few months back, but the results were so atrocious that I dare not put them here. Maybe on another attempt.
What is next for me to attempt you might ask? Well, I am toying with the idea of finding a pattern for a slip. I found this marvelous pattern at the flea market last weekend, and I am dying to make both the dress and the apron...

But not until I am a little more practiced! And what better way to get practice than by making the things that go underneath and no one will see!

What projects do the rest of you have going?