My friend Michele finished her tiny village:
And I made a couple of tops for myself.
Both these were made from quilting cotton. The one with all the letters (they say nothing, so don’t try too hard) was from the sale shelf and I made this boxy top to try out a pattern. The border print was a bolt end that I found while browsing (when I probably should have stayed home, but oh well).
So it was a fun, low-stress week! Do you make clothes? If so, what patterns do you like?
Zippy Quilts 
I started sewing clothes around fifth grade. Some outfits I liked and some I didn’t. When knits were new I learned to make lingerie. I also learned to make jeans and made some with counted cross stitch designs in the back pockets—that was when pocket design was “in” but it didn’t yet have to be brand-name. Then my girls’ tastes changed.
Then i got into quilting and abandoned garment sewing.
http://knitnkwilt.wordpress.com/
Really, I mostly make quilts because they’re WAY more likely to fit than the clothing I make…
My sentiments exactly!
I like the arrangement of the tiny houses in a wedge/pointy circle – very creative.
Ma taught me to sew (on the machine) around when I was in 5th grade. In girl scouts, I had to make a dirdle skirt for some sort of badge – it was unwearable as it made me look like an elephant in a tutu (and I wasn’t fat, either!) After that introduction to patterns, my first successful wearable item was an A-line skirt complete with zipper in later sessions with my Ma. I continued to sew clothes throughout my growing up & adulthood & for my kids, etc. I even stitched up the ring bearers dress for my eldest daughter & my own bridesmaid dress – both in slippery satin – for my brother’s wedding back in the day! UGH!!! I’m happy to have this skill, but get frustrated with the actual patterns I choose. So I haven’t attempted anything in quite a long time.
In truth, about 1 out of 4 items I make is actually wearable in public, so it’s not cost effective. But making clothes doubles as entertainment and of course a challenge!
I think in terms of being cost effective and/or thrifty, that stopped sometime in the late 70s.