Project of the Week - Butterick 5466 and McCall's 7125 or: Check your measurements regularly if you're going to insist on gaining weight

The last four weeks of my summer have been such a whirlwind, but they've been so fun. In the midst of all this, I decided to take on an aggressive course of projects for those four weeks:

• Simplicity 1347
• Butterick 5466
• McCall's 7125
• Butterick 5929
• McCall's 7098 x2

Unfortunately, I didn't quite finish all of these quite yet. And I bought more fabric... :D 

Butterick 5466

I read the reviews for this skirt and was pretty excited to make it. I got a super cute, reversible, sportswear fabric in a flower print. I chose view E with the extra high waist. The pattern flew together. I was going to add a lining, but after trying on the skirt, I realized it was a little too small for the lining. In fact, it was a little too small period. Oh well. It's done and hanging out in the back of my closet. 

The skirt. With a bonus Darwin!

Look at dat price!

Raw Materials Cost	$   15.88
Sewing Time Cost	$     9.95
Total Cost	$   25.83

McCall's 7125 - Incomplete

I should have known something was amiss when the back of the pattern envelope told me I needed 3 yards of fabric to make a size small (8-10) blouse. I chose view D because I liked the little sleeves and the blouse looked so flowy and cute on the model. Second mistake? I didn't read the pattern reviews until after I'd cut my fabric... only to discover a lot of complaints about the ridiculous amounts of ease in this pattern. Like ridiculous ease. I realized this was NOT going to look like the pattern envelope. 

End of the day, I put the damn thing together and tried it on. I think here a picture says a thousand words:

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The pic on the right doesn't look too awful, but I seriously looked like I was 9 months pregnant. I've gained weight... but not that much!

I've decided all hope is not lost though, because someday I'm going to rip these seams apart and turn this bad boy into a cute tank. Lord knows I've got enough fabric...