Pink Pant-her

These are the #31 Butterfly Corduroys from Ottobre 04/09, except that I used a stretch denim in a colour which features quite a lot around here. I thought the pattern looked quite slim (a good thing), and even though I traced 116 for width and 122 for length, they're still quite big on E. I added buttonhole elastic as well because she has no waist, and took another 2 cm out of each side seam, and they're still big on her. I don't think she'll grow into them either, because she seems to have only grown upwards in the last 2 years.

The blouse is #15 "Vaahtokarkki" gingham blouse from Ottobre 01/10 which I made in this cute but wrinkly cotton from Spotlight.

It's quite a simple blouse to make, but I made it really difficult. I had to cut 3 collars to get it right.. the first one was too small because I'd had to make the neck edge a bit bigger due to a clipping misadventure. So I decided to cut another one, but got all confused and made it smaller... because surely the way to resolve the issue of the collar being too small is to make a smaller one. Grrr. So I made a 3rd one, and it fit perfectly.

I also had trouble doing a narrow hem around a sharp corner on the frill, so they are as wonky as they look in the picture. I would have fixed it, but I didn't notice until I was sewing on the buttons, and at that point I deemed it inoperable. The elastic on the sleeves however, turned out really well. That was the one thing I got right!

I'll try to get some pics of the other things I've made recently. My problem is remembering to photograph in that tiny window of time when things are on and clean.