Doing Everything Wrong

...but, like, doing it all wrong intentionally...

So.

Years ago, I found this copy McCall's 5675 (1977) in a thrift store

At the time it was the right size, and I made a few shirts, and even a dress, from View C, and all with short sleeves.  After the weight gain, I considered trying to grade it up, but I never got around to it.

Then, in 2018, McCall's released 7868

It's obviously a descendant of 5675.  A modern, loose, unshaped-hem, very very loose descendant.  With extra looseness.

And only later did I look at the fabric suggestions and see that it's entirely light, slinky or floaty stuff.  Not from my stash it's not.  And reviews mentioned how very deep the front slit is, and how prone to coming open the hooks on the collar band are.

I borrowed the neck facing and collar band with ties and fabric suggestions from 5675 and used the bodice from 7868 and tossed aside the concept of sleeves altogether and made this

 as, y'know...proof of concept.

More layering pieces: Black & Spiderweb Edition

I used the same old hacked pattern that made the leggings about a month ago, but, since the knit this time is four-way stretch, the fit is very different.

They look just as unimpressive in the hanger, though

 I did deviate a bit and used bands to finish the hems, and that turned out nicely

They are excessively long, unlike the gray pair, which are calf-length.  Both are good.

Like the gray pair, these were made from a mill end precut from Walmart.  This precut was only 2 yards, so there definitely wasn't as much to play around with after cutting out the leggings.  I was determined to eke out a long-sleeved shirt to use for layering, and it didn't take too much finagling to do that, ending up with this

[UFO Pun Here]

So I cut out the pieces for this tunic in February

of 2018

 which was about the time I started trying to accept the shape my body is now, and I think I realized even then that it was not a shape that would fit into this shape of tunic.

But I still decided yesterday to finally sew it.