In The Queue Wednesday

Christmas came just in time - I was running out of new projects for my Wednesday posts! But my nieces rode to my rescue!

As usual, I scheduled a shopping trip with them to Joann's for their Christmas gift outfits. Unfortunately, only the oldest could go (12 year old), but we picked out fabric and patterns for both of them.

Now, remember that I let them pick whatever they want - no (fashion-based) censoring at all. My thought is that this is the beauty of sewing - you can get exactly what you want.

My oldest niece picked this Simplicity pattern and asked for view A - the long top or short dress:

Very cute, right? Now, for her fabric, she picked the following stretchy, spandex-y fabric:

Wow - kind of bright, huh? Can you guess that she likes pink AND shiny stuff?

Of course, she also got to pick the trim. Lace? Ummm.... no.

Try faux leopard fur:

Did I mention that I let them pick out whatever they want?

This is going to be quite a top! And wait until next week, when I show you the pants she picked out to go with it!

One thing for sure, her parents won't have to worry about losing her in a crowd... ;)

I'm going to try to get to work on this pretty quickly. In any event, don't worry, I'll get to it. It's in my queue. :)