So I entered some of my undies in a contest...

...wait, that doesn't sound right. It was a sewing contest. And it was for lingerie made during the Ooh La La Lingerie Sew Along hosted by Ohhh Lulu and A Few Threads Loose. Or for lingerie made now...in case you  didn't take pics of your undies back then and don't want to photograph them now that you've been wearing them. Speaking of which, why am I shameless about posting up pics of undies I have never worn? It doesn't bother me one bit, while I'd never want to show the inside of my underwear drawer. Underwear philosophy. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

So. I was thinking you might like to go vote for your favorite lingerie, right? Okay, please? I could win some cool stuff! Like, pattern stuff. For more sewing. Yeah! I have two entries in the bra section (which I am not going to win- mine were bo-ring) and I have 18, 19, and 20 in the panties section.

My favorites are the hipsters I made by folding the high waist pattern down a bit. There is another pair pictured in my Craftsy project here. I love the high waisted Betty panties for wearing with dresses (no hip chub dig), but in my daily life I end up wearing jeans a lot, and we can't have our unders sticking out of the tops of our jeans, now can we? So I made these, and they are a great fit and very comfy.

So, shamelessly, I ask you to go vote for my underwear here. Thanks. Have a nice day. 

In Progress- Reversible Vintage Style Bathing Suit

I have been working on this suit slowly but surely for the last couple weeks. It uses the bottoms from McCall's 8331, which I was delighted to find fit me rather well straight from the pattern. I tightened up the leg holes a little and made a few other tweaks to make them more beach appropriate, but the chances are good that I'll be sewing a few pair straight from the pattern just to wear as shorts.

Both the top and the bottom have a blue side and a striped side- I only flipped the top for these photos because getting the bottoms on the dressform was a pain.

I still need to attach straps, hem the shorts, and sew in the closures, but it's coming along! I am a slow seamstress anyway, so throw in a holiday, some family fun, and a trip to the Biltmore, and I'm just moseying along.... no rush, just when we thought it was already summer we'll be having lows in the thirties for the next few days! Brrrrrrrr!