my pink life, mi vida rosada

Well, the sewing/creating inspiration has been low and slow.  After the last good bit of making, I retreated into a "the mess is overwhelming so I won't do anything at all" sort of funk....and I'm only barely beginning to try to get myself out of it. I *did* make some bathing suit bottoms, hacking the Avery leggings pattern .  They are wonderful to wear -- a little longer than the "boy short" bathing suit bottoms I have recently bought from Target, and very comfortable.  They require less of two things I don't love -- less sunscreen and less shaving. They match the swim shirt I made, using the Jade pattern .  I also made two bathing suit tops, beginning with the Hyacinth free bralette  by OhhhLulu, and a pair of traditionally shaped bathing suit bottoms using the Stevie Knickers pattern .  Combined with a top or two from Old Navy and a swim shirt from Lands End, I have quite the mix-and-match set of bathing suits to meet all my different swimming/beac