Sewing Projects: Fall Swing

I've had these pics sitting around a while so I thought I would post them!  This is one of those franken-patterns.  Much adjusting was done, but it turned out just like I wanted it to when I bought the fabric.  The fabric is wonderful, btw.  Nice weight, texture.  I enjoy it :)  I wore it on a tour of the cemetary (morbid, I know) and got some comments on it.  Always a nice feeling when someone comments on your clothes or asks where you got it when you know they didn't know that you made it yourself!

Pictures taken right after I got home, so I still have jewelry on.  The neck is just a regular V neck.  Sleeves are bell sleeves with elastic at the ends. I moved the zipper on the pattern from the back (I HATE back zippers) to the side, made the skirt fuller and longer, and didn't line it.  Also had to make the whole thing smaller by nearly 7 inches.  Really, why bother putting measurements on patterns at all?  It is absurd.

Anyway.  I finally got laces for my Ren Faire type vest, even though I probably won't be going to a ren faire.  I'll wear it when I hand out candy to kids on Halloween when I'm staying at home with nothing to do.  Also finished a fall weather vintage dress that I started AGES ago and finally finished hemming while I was watching hours and hours of Heroes last week.  So I'll take pictures of those :)

Next order of business is to work like mad on Christmas projects that I haven't started because I've sort of had a creative brain freeze.  But I'll start!  I swear!  No jacket making until presents are done!

~Nikki