The Fourth of July "Save the Baby Skeets" T-shirt (BTW - we won a case of wine for that event! - not sayin' my T-shirt had anything to do with it though!)
And there's my fav - the Obama Dress! Sorry - THAT one was TOTALLY appropriate!
And my most recent (and probably the genesis of this self-absorbed post) - the Alohoa Paddling Pants for the NCA Monumental Outrigger Canoe race - - -
Here's the back story on the paddlin' pants:
Here are my FAVORITE hiking and paddling pants.
I desperately wish I had bought 2 pair! Didn't! So I have wanted to try to "rub" a pattern from them forever. So, Saturday morning before the race I decided I would try to make a copy and, as theme sewing chance would have it, that I also NEEDED to make something to wear to the race (see - I definitely need that intervention - who gets up at 6:30 am the day of a race and decides to make a pattern and a garment to wear by 10:30?)
So here is a photo of the muslin pattern on the fabric. So the fabric has a story too. Sis, Sue, left us all for 2 years to live in Palau - another story - and she sent to me some fabric she found at a local shop. I have waited for the perfect garment to present itself and, well, I think it speaks for itself!
Here are the finished pants. I love how they look lying flat - however, they don't fit as well as the original pair (granted I only had about 20 minutes to fit them as I didn't really get started cutting and sewing until about 2 hours before I needed to head out). The closure is just an opening for the draw string waist. I added about 4 inches of elastic in the middle of the drawstring - that seemed to help avoid the typical drawstring sack look. I don't have a photo of how they look "on" but it wasn't too awful as I wore them in public!
Got a bunch of compliments on them - mostly due to the print of the fabric - an objective measure of success for us theme sewists!!!
Here is our team - DC PoWeR (Paddlin' Women Rock)
I gotta say - not my best fashion statement but then again - the homies from the boat house are all 'bout fun in the water and nuttin' 'bout the fashion!
Peace out!
2 comments:
I'm a total theme-dresser so, as far as I'm concerned, it's fine. But, yeah, sometimes it's hard to judge where the line is between "fitting in" and wearing a costume. Especially the night before when adding just a little more seems like such a great idea. As a little kid I hated going to any place where there were people in costume - Williamsburg, Disney World, the like - because my horrid parents wanted me to wear things like shorts and tee shirts. Probably explains why I love Ren Faires and have been seriously considering what I'll be packing for my family's upcoming trip to Disney. Sigh. I figure as long as I'm having fun and DH is willing to be seen with me (he's a surprisingly good judge of fashion) then I'm good. And it is fun!
I am in love with this post. I think all theme dressers should come out of the closet.
I just went through some outfit trauma to find the proper outfit for summer camp drop off: I am the Mom, so I should wear a skirt, but it is New Hampshire, so khakis are a good choice, but I've gained a few pounds and my favs are too snug, and I am all about the espadrilles this summer, but open toed platform shoes in and around the gnarly tree roots....so after shedding a giant pile of Not Quites...wore a khaki skirt, with a tshirt, cute belt and the espadrilles, but not the really high ones.
I should mention that the men in my life not only DO NOT have these problems BUT ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I DO.
Suz
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