Rock Star Skirt

YES! The sewing gods were appeased by my blood offering the other day, and granted me a smooth sewing experience, complete with a good fit! It definitely helps making the same pattern more than once. All my zipper practice is paying off since I got this invisible zipper in with no fuss. I'm super happy and can't wait to wear the fruits of my labor! I am brilliant. :-D

Can you see the zipper in the last photo? Of course not! It's invisible! hehe

Matching bag

And here's the matching bag. Plenty of pockets...4 on the outside and one on the inside.

Hat

I cut this hat out months ago, and finally got it sewn up today. A little easier and a littler harder than I expected. I would definitely make another one. It's good practice for sewing in the round.

Now I need to sew up the matching bag!

Tunic top

Sigh. This isn't wearable. The sleeves are ridiculously huge, and really I'm swimming in the whole thing. The neck gaps weirdly, and the bias tape shows. I really struggle with understanding how the measurements translate to fitting me. Yeah, I've lost some weight, but not that much that this would be this big. I had planned on embroidering this to embellish it, but not now. I'm kind of bummed, but it was good practice.

Update: D'oh! So I really should have taken my measurements before sewing this together. I cut this out about 6-8 weeks ago. I've lost 3.5" in my bust since then! I didn't think I'd lost that much in my bust area!!