Sunday Shenanigans

We had a long weekend (no school on Friday!) and I did a whole lotta not much.  Well besides laundry, vacuuming and general house tidying.  And watching a dozen episodes of this:

And muslin-ing!  I stitched up the bodice of Colette Crepe (after altering for an FBA):

The muslin looks fairly perfect, so now I need to cut it out of real fabric.  My plan is to have one of this dark royal blue dotted swiss:

And then I really want another one to knock off this sweet dress that Amy Adams wore in the final scenes of "Leap Year":

I think her's is a lightweight chambray, but I picked out this lavender-grey lightweight shirting from Fashion Fabrics Club:

Both fabrics are prewashed and dried and ready for cutting (my least favorite part).  I do need to pick up a stripe ribbon for the Amy Adams knockoff dress though.  Too many stripes?  Nah. Surely not (that's what I really love about that dress anyway, the boldly striped ribbon belt).  Mine will wrap in back like the Crepe, rather than the front like the AA dress.   I guess I'm really just knocking off that stripey belt, huh?

I discovered something interesting about the Crepe bodice front...I think it's basically identical to the bodice of the Pastille dress in the Colette Sewing Handbook:

The pattern pieces appear to be the same in the important areas (darts, cap sleeve). This is cool for a couple of reasons...for one, it saves me work muslining the book bodice!  Second, I can swap out skirts and bodice back from the book with the sweet necklines of the Crepe.  More dresses in one!

And now I leave you with the fruits of my free day Friday: Polyvore sets aplenty.  Sadly...no new OUAT tonight.  More Polyvore to pass the time?

Emerald Isle

Sun & Sky

Eastern Influence

Lunch at Coral Gables

Wisteria

Aqua Sunrise

Once Upon a Time: Ruby

Polyvore Potions

Polyvore play time!

It's Christmas Time

Party Girl

Audrey

Jadite

Winter Sea

Rosebud

Business Lunch

Groupie

And now, I'm finally off for Christmas break. Woohoo!

Polyvore Potions

Sunday Morning Cappucino + Polyvore = One Happy Blogger

And in honor of my favorite Once Upon a Time character...

I think I have all sets linked to their Polyvore page now, so when you click, you can view the items/brands.

ps...Don't forget... Once Upon A Time is on tonight! 

Polyvore Potions

Some lighter fare for a chilly October morning...

 

Thank you for the sweet comments and prayers for yesterday's post.  I normally wouldn't share something quite so personal here, but she can definitely use your positive energy right now!  So thanks. :)

Polyvore Potions

Gearing up for fall with some fashion inspiration!  (and dying just a little for the ruffly denim jacket)

Polyvore Potions

Playing on Polyvore with color & vintage pieces/styles...  A couple of these are pure fantasy. :-)

Are you polyvore-ing yet??
 

Polyvore Potions is my Pinterest board for all of my Polyvore sets.  Seriously, if you're not playing on Polyvore, you're missing out on a ton of grown up paper doll/collage fun! 

Polyvore Musings

Whew, I'm tired and it's only Monday!  This weekend was filled with necessary evils like housecleaning and clutter-removing. 

And unnecessary evils like movie watching:

and playing on Polyvore.  Here are some sets I created, a few late summer inspired and a few for early fall (if I can't bring actual outfits, virtual outfits will have to do!)

Another busy week ahead, but I should be getting in a groove before long and things will settle down. 

At least, I hope!