Lighter Fare

     One of my favorite hobbies (and a handy one) is sewing. I can't remember exactly how I first learned to sew, but I can recall stitching away by hand at doll dresses and even a few dolls.
     So, now that it's summertime and I wanted some new outfits for college, I took up my long-forsaken-for-the-sake-of-school pastime.

 This one is a pink jacket, with pleats and puffed sleeves (pleats and puffed sleeves are so pretty!)

 This is a yellow dress, also with pleats. The pink jacket is made to be worn over it.

 A plaid skirt, with pleats that can't be seen very well. This one should keep me warm on wintery days.

 A blue herring-bone jumper, also for winter. It's a 1950's retro pattern (love retro clothes-unless its 1920's. Blah. But never mind that.)

 This is just a plain cream-colored shell. Nothing exciting, but very useful.

This last one's a peasant-top-like casual dress. I actually disliked the print at first, so it sat in my closet for a year or so, until I decided that I might as well sew it up.
     As you can probably tell, I love pleats, gathers, darts, and puffed sleeves. Probably a holdover from my Victorian-mania days, when I insisted to my family that my (future) little boys were going to wear knickerbockers, and I was going to wear hoop skirts all the time. I'm glad I outgrew that notion! But I still love Victorian and Victorian-like clothes