Holy '80s, Batman!

Before we talk about some truly awful fashion, let me just say I'm totally rooting for Mondo to win this season's Project Runway. He seems really sweet, his clothes are awesome and he's a hometown boy.

And how did I not know Tim Gunn came to Denver? I feel like I should have had some kind of Make-it-Work-Spidey-sense tingle when he was here.

I doubt Mondo, or even Christian Siriano, could save any of the dress patterns at Neue Mode. I found them when browsing PatternReview.com and I had a middle-school, Jessica McClintock flashback so bad I almost had to lay down to recover.

T-Shirts and Tunics

The Very Easy Vogue pattern 8649 looked like it would be perfect for me. V-neck, fitted through the bodice, knit fabric--all things I love. And that it has separate pieces for A, B, C and D cup sizes? How awesome is that?

It went together very easily, but I have to make it again in a smaller size (who would imagine that?!?) as the D-cup pieces have too much ease in them and I have to pull up the shoulder seam about 2" to keep it from being baggy and indecent. I think the easy solution is to go down a size (or even 2 for the shoulder seam) and use the C-cup pattern pieces instead. The pattern is easy and versatile enough that I want to work to make it work for me.

While waiting for more fabric to come, I made the Liverpool Tunic from Amy Butler. I'm not really a "pattern" person, so I just made it in a plain purple broadcloth and used fun, striped buttons instead of covering them (per the instructions).

I love this shirt. It's very flattering, easy to put together and has 4 different hem and sleeve lengths, so you can mix and match to get whatever you want. And her pattern instructions are divine. Everything is written out clearly, illustrations are detailed, nothing is left out. If only every pattern were written like this.