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March 25, 2007
My New Friend
Yes, I made a shirt last night. However, that is not nearly as important as my new friend:
The existence of this little darling proves that I am, to a tee, Target's target market. Their new easter stuff is SO CUTE that it makes me want to faint. They even have their little chicks and bunnies on scented erasers that smell EXACTLY like I remember from when I was little. Will the cuteness never end? Sigh.
When I bought him, I felt the need to carry him separately in my hot little hand instead of putting him in the bag. It was like I was 6 all over again. What should I name this little charmer??!
Also in a springish vein is this new shirt, a Simplicity pattern that I made yesterday. The fabric is covered with little blue feathers. Cute, but possibly too cutesy. Only time will tell.
It made the rounds on the blogs last year, but I have been seeing something very similar in mags like Lucky lately so I thought I would take my chances. (When that magazine first came out I was pretty much totally appalled. Now, however I am able to accept it in all its ironic glory and have ordered a subscription to it and Domino.) My goal was to look more fashiony than cute-crafty-mom, but I'm not really sure if that is where it went. I think I need to work on my accessorizing (though I am wearing some sassy little high wedge sandals from Banana that got cut off!).
The pattern itself was very simple, but it bows out a little in the front, just like most of the examples I saw. I tried to minimize this through some creative nipping, but that didn't seem to work. I also tried to starch it straight, but I think that I just exacerbated the problem. I really wish I could take a class on pattern alteration somewhere! There is always one little dart I need to add or some wrinkle that just won't come out. I did buy the Vogue Sewing book and there are some tips there, but it usually seems that I have a problem that is not quite addressed. (Though I'm sure the techniques could apply to many different mistakes, I just don't have the expertise to modify them!) Oh well.
In other news, I just discovered (just a little to late, sadly) ZeFrank. Wow is really all I can say. J and I watch the episodes simultaneously and revel in their wonderousness. Check out Ray's episode during Happy Week.
The question that remains now is... what is your Power Move?
Posted by loyd0008 at March 25, 2007 12:32 PM