I like the idea of hot spicy legs ;) you see, my initial impulse was to go with "oompa loompa" legs, but it seemed a little... er, silly? Ridiculous? Too close to the bone?! I prefer the poetry of paprika!
Taking part in me-made May has once again taught me that I have plenty of me-made clothes. So much that I really don't need to be sewing fripperies for myself. I am going to devote myself from now on to sewing two types of things: challenging sewing, for fun and self-fulfillment; and replacement or maintenance sewing, making essential things that I actually really need.
This is part of the latter.
The colourful RTW tights and leggings I was wearing last year and the year before have finally gotten hole-y enough to be embarrassing and are now retired to become pool-socks. You know, when stockings get old you use them to put powdered pool chemicals in, tie off and then sit them in the swimming pool. So the chemicals can dissolve slowly without getting hoovered up by the creepy crawly.
I bought this rich burnt orange polyester knit last year, specifically for tights when the time came.
I used my own self-drafted pattern, and the piece was big enough to squeak out two pairs. So I made one pair from each of the "sides" so one pair is marginally darker and redder, and the other pair is lighter, a bit more "pumpkin" than red. The differences are very slight. The pair I am wearing here is the left-hand "redder" pair. I figure I will wear these exclusively until they get a hole, and then I can start on the reserve pair.
Now, I just need a black pair, and I think I will be all set for a me-made, warm legged winter.... :)
Details:
Tights; self-drafted using my own tutorial for making custom fit tights, rusty orange polyester knit
Top; half of a self-drafted twinset, leopard print knit, details here, and see this twinset styled in 6 different ways here
Dress; the gathered hole from Pattern Magic, charcoal fabric, details here
Shoes; Francesco Morichetti, from Zomp shoes
in my family's me-made efforts today; Craig is wearing this shirt again, Cassie is wearing these hand-knit socks, and Sam is wearing this shirt...
Cassie's socks; knitted by me to a 60's pattern, 2ply wool, details here
Sam's shirt; Burda 7767 modified, navy and white check fabric, details here