Lazy Summer Sewing

I'm two weeks in to Summer, and I've been indulging myself with sewing and spending time with my son. Lately, I've been doing a lot of pattern sewing.  Perhaps I need to brush up my skills a little, or perhaps I've found some awesome patterns and fabric that I love.  Either way, it's been a fairly blissful sewing period for me.

I used a pattern to make these digs for a party in Waikiki.

These hula outfits I made for a group of kids going to Japan.  The boys' shirts were from a pattern, but I whipped up the girls' dresses from one of my own patterns. 

It was rewarding to see them perform as a group with their super spiffy outfits.

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I also had some time to do a refashion.  

I found this polyester golf shirt at an awesome thrift shop (Holy Nativity) for $1.50.  I've had my eye on it for a while, but only decided to buy it when it went on sale for half off.  I guess I'm too cheap to spend $3.  

Luckily I discovered this awesome pattern, which I've used to make two pairs of pants, shorts and this awesome skirt.

My photographer is out of town, so I had to sneak this shot in the dressing room at Nordstrom.  I would say that it was pretty resourceful of me.

I have a few more refashions in the works for this summer.  Hopefully, I'll be posting soon.  

Until next time...