Long Time No Post - FO Burda 07-2011-108 Jumpsuit

So I have been sewing, but not so successfully lately. I have been practicing making linings for dresses. It took two dresses to work and after all of that, the shape of the dress is not as flattering on me as I had hoped. I made a yellow dress that is cute, but it is dressing up Sookie, my dress form. I'll get pics of that later. In the meantime, here is a quick jumpsuit that I put together yesterday using burdastyle's website. It is from the July issue of Burda magazine. I let my subscription run out in December after the tracing lines went from bearable to crazy. I also was finding less and less patterns that I wanted to try. Now that my subscription has ended, I'm seeing more things I like, but am happy to just purchase it through the burdastyle website and tape the pattern together.

Another reason I was absent for so long? My brother and sister-in-law came to visit me from New Jersey. This was their first time seeing me in California since I moved here. We usually meet up on the East Coast. I took a few days off of work and enjoyed two long weekends with them in between their Mexican cruise they took to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. We also enjoyed a lot of eating! So much so, that I gained 1.8 pounds. Yikes! Not good when you're working on losing 20. lol. Either way, I was able to lose 3 pounds this last week, so I am back on track...except for my braised lamb, spinach, and apple mashed potato dinner I had out with friends last night...

For the jumpsuit, I omitted the drawstring and just kept the elastic at the waist and omitted the bias binding. After putting it on one leg, I didn't like it and decided the raw edges for this looked better. I wish I knew that before adding it, because it was a bear removing the binding! I also added 3 inches to the torso. Overall I am happy with this jumpsuit. It is a lot shorter than I am use to wearing, but very comfy and lightweight. Perfect for the next few months in San Diego. Next up is a pear of woven drawstring pants using a Simplicity pattern. I plan on wearing these to work tomorrow if all goes well...

I also signed up for Gerti's Bombshell dress series on craftsy. I have only purchased my muslin so far, but have learned a lot just by watching the first 3 or 4 videos. I'm excited to have a dress like this in my wardrobe.