put her in a pumpkin shell

do i look skeptical? i had one eyebrow permanently raised to skyscraper height the entire time i was stitching up these wrap pants.

BUT I LOVE DEM CRAZYFACE BRITCHES! i actually prepped this pattern (simplicity 4192) last summer in a hotel room in dallas, and never tried it out. then, fellow MSN'er peter went on a streak of menswear that gave me haute couture hives each week. suddenly, I HAD to have a pair of wrap pants. it was like i had never seen a pair of wrap pants before.

i stalked mood fabric's shelves of voile, the same shelves Herr Peter frequents. there sat the bolt of fireworks cotton! there, the plaid! i was inches away from a full on copy, but in a rare instance of appropriate behavior, i snagged this cotton voile instead.

AN' I LOVE THE WAY THOSE LEGS FLARE OUT!! my left eyebrow settled back into its normal position once i put this outfit on for pics, and then lifted again in glee when the wind started picking up the voile. i see more of these in my future (though i'll probably deduct the added waist height i so ...intriguingly inserted back in dallas.)

obviously, you can't have a House Of Boldness knockoff without a jacket. in fact, one really has to go whole hog and make the whole dang outfit. but i totally cheated & reworked my neoprene doubleface by hand london blazer... lapels & cuffs eighty-sixed. now the neon flashes like a surprise! i love it when my clothes warn peeps to mooooooooooooooooove G E T O U T T H E WAY!
(intended black eyelet tank top never materialized. again, cheater cheater pumpkin eater. we can't all be peter.)

however... i did get some kalkatoonaan bling into the mix, in the form of another michal golan creation. when i couldn't decide between hamsas and hearts they surprised me with both picks! OONABRATOONA! ain't she pretty? i knew she was meant for this voile, and she inspired me to add a little embellishment to the knickers...

glass beads from my trio of grandmothers' costume jewelry stash. i truly no longer know what belonged to whom, i just love it all.

so, that's my may contribution to ye olde mood sewing network. (y'all, doesn't may feel like a non stop me made party? CAUSE A SEWIST PARTY LAST ALL MONTH.)