Going to the Cold!

I love living in San Diego. I also love to ski, so sometimes I need to leave our weather heaven to venture to the cold to get some snow sports in! We are planning a trip to mammoth lakes to get some skiing in! So, I will have to tuck away my short sleeve t-shirts and pull out my warm weather gear! In preparation, I made everyone some fleece socks from stretch power fleece, then I made my dd each two sweatshirts. The first was out of the same stretch power fleece that is a deep purple color. I embroidered Cars characters onto both of them with the girls' names. The second sweatshirt was made out of pink sweatshirt fleece with a stripe under the arm of coordinating pink sherpa fleece and coordinating pink ribbing for the sleeve cuffs, waistband, and the neckband. I embroidered the word "San Diego" in the same color pink on the fronts of both sweatshirts. I am pretty happy with how everything turned out. I had one blunder doing the sleeves of the older dd sweatshirt. I cut them too short because I measured the length from the younger dd sweatshirt. Anyhow, I added some of the pink sherpa fleece near the cuffs to make up for what I cut off and my dh couldn't even tell I screwed up! Ta Da!

Getting Ready

I am getting ready for our big trip to the bahamas! I am really excited! I have been sewing bathing suits for the trip! I finished the first one and am now working on the second. I used a Kwik Sew pattern (2775) with some modifications. I added a sweetheart curve to the front top, lenthened the top by 3 inches and flared out the addition for my curvy hips! :o I added soft cups to the lining shelf bra for added support and coverage. I also modified the bottoms by taking off 2 inches at the bottom back center, tapering to 1/2" on the sides, and the front I took off 1/2" pretty straight across the top. I fully lined the bottoms for added coverage and a nicer look! I purchased the fabric from ebay from big4lycra. He has great swimwear fabric! I have purchased about 10 different pieces from him with never a problem! On the first swimsuit, I also made a coverup skirt from the same material and a hair scrunchie! The second suit, I added a short skirt to the bottoms for additional thigh coverage and to change the look a little. I also lettuce edged the bottom edge of the top and the bottom edge of the skirt on the second suit. Maybe I will actually get my camera and take some pictures!