my pink life, mi vida rosada

Well, my season of getting it done seems to be drawing to a close, since school is back in session and kicking my rear. Fortunately, I managed a couple more successes (and a couple misses) before heading back into the chaos that is the most disorganized school I have ever worked in with the most stressful start up due to said disorganization.  So...I made a washi dress for myself, and then decided that I should try a few more clothing items, too.  My public library has a subscription to creativebug, so I decided that I should try another Rae Hoekstra pattern.  I made myself a lovely polka dot chambray Cleo skirt.  Next time I will make the pockets deeper, but overall -- I love it.  And it goes with lots of things already in my closet, which is fantastic. I had *just* enough fabric left over to hack a skirt for each of my girls, by attaching theirs to a pair of stretchy shorts they already owned.  And yes, we wore them together the next day and matched. ...

I did it!  Just in time for our trip!  I made myself a washi dress !  I had my eye on this dress pattern for a LOOOOOOOOOOONG time.  When it was first published several years ago, I didn't think I had the skills.  And honestly, back then, I might not have had the skills necessary.  Also, when it was first published, I didn't think I had the time.  (Ha!  I had comparatively all the time in the world!)  And when it was first published, I definitely didn't have the commitment or follow-through to get a project like this accomplished. So I made the two test versions as wearable muslins -- a shirt and a dress, both out of an old sheet formerly used to cover one of the yellow chairs that is now grey. (Ok, one chair is grey, the other is about halfway there.)  Both indicated a tiny bit more tweaking of the pattern to fit me the exact right way was necessary....I tried a size smaller, since I still had a lot of gaping at the neckline, but th...