Unsightly and Peculiar

So, the other day, my husband emails me this image…

Granted, it was with a bunch of other ones, but my first thought when I saw it was “Oh! I wanna shop there!!!!! Where is it?!”

Sadly, it looks like false advertising. I mean, I don’t see anything truly unsightly and peculiar in that photo.

And I should know what unsightly and peculiar clothes look like… This is only a tiny part of my wardrobe:

Not just one ugly polyester pantsuit, there’s three or four there…including one that’s plaid burlap. Oh yeah…unsightly…peculiar… That’s my taste in clothes.

Here’s a section from what I call my “everyday” pants…

Do you see why I got irritated by the costumer who told me “less is more” on Yes Man? These pictures are only a fraction of the clothes I have. I’ve also got a little over 100 yards of fabric in my collection. Some vintage, most not, but it’s all ready to go the moment I get inspired to design and build a garment or two. In fact, I did that last weekend and screwed up pretty bad!

I created a pattern using an existing, well-fitting pair of pants…and then forgot to add the seam allowance! When I went to try them on, I couldn’t figure out why they were so small…so tight I couldn’t even pull them all the way up. My husband started laughing with me as I wondered what the hell I’d done wrong.

Thankfully, I had about a half yard of scrap with which to fashion a peculiar solution to my dilemma. He thinks the pants are still somewhat unsightly, but I haven’t hemmed or put the waistband on them yet. He did agree that my creative attempt at salvaging them went well. They hardly look like I screwed up. They look more like I meant to build them that way. Yay!

This from a man who thinks my clothes are unsightly and peculiar… I don’t know why he’d think that…

And let’s not forget:

Okay, so perhaps that pic is best left forgotten. 😉

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