I want to make myself a beautiful new jumpsuit. I'm thinking I'll go with the longer version on the right, but I have a feeling mine will be black instead of that charming plaid.
Oh, damn, it comes with instructions.
I didn't realize the implications of the "wrap-and-go" name when I ordered this pattern online. I thought that just meant that it tied in the back, but the little images along the bottom make it seem more complicated:
Step 1Pull remaining section between legs? Umm....is it a jumpsuit or a diaper? (Ugh, now that i think about it, I bet this thing's a real pain if you have to pee.)
Step 2Clothes should not involve this much wrapping. I'm starting to have flashbacks to my Infinite dress. Oooh.... I was just about to complain about how the Infinite dress is lame and never looks as good as it did in the infomercial, but then I Googled to find an Infinite dress link, and discovered that the designer has also created an Infinite pantsuit. And the Infinite pantsuit, or as I'd call it, "a jumpsuit," comes in gold lamé. (Scroll all the way down on that page to see the photo.) Wow. I would be upset that it's $500, but it doesn't come in tall sizes anyway, so it would never fit me.
Step 3Oh, good. Now I'm all set... as soon as I fix my sewing machine, find some cool fabric, stitch it all together, and master this three step "wrap-and-go" tutorial. I'm highly skeptical of all the wrapping, but if mine turns out as cute as hers, maybe I'll make a second one... in gold.
Is it strange that I have a blanket made out of that EXACT fabric?
ReplyDeleteif you ever get sick of it, let me know and I'll transform it into the tackiest jumpsuit ever.
ReplyDeleteA 32 inch bust is a size 10?
ReplyDeleteMan, on that scale I'm probably a size 18 or something.
You know how you sometimes look at a detail in a photo or movie that is totally irrelevant to the point. What I most noticed in that photo was that Butterick magazine cost 85 cents back then. I thought that would be the equivalent of 7 bucks now, but you can buy the current issue at 3.95. That's a pretty good deal, considering the 800 percent rise in movie tickets. Geeky enough comment for ya?
ReplyDeleteOk, then Lisa.
ReplyDeleteI want you to create some phat parachute pants for me outta this blanket. In the mail on Monday to you.
neil, that's not a magazine in the photo -- it's a pattern. And a pattern by Butterick does cost around $7 or $8 now, I think. (You can still consider yourself geeky for doing the math, but maybe you're not so geeky in a sewing capacity.)
ReplyDeleteand paul, i can't make you pants until I get my sewing machine fixed! just wrap yourself in the blanket for now. i hope it's a really big blanket so I can make myself a matching jumpsuit... Then we can wear our plaid outfits and start a little band that sings folk songs about life in los angeles. that is my new dream.