Chemistry Couture: I See London . . .

Be warned, you may see more of my legs than you ever wanted to see. But I had to show you my Madeleine Mini Bloomers. You can find the free pattern for these at the Colette Patterns blog. I haven't tried any of her other patterns, but now I really want to. The instructions were very clear and simple, and best of all her sizing was true. I hate buying patterns from the store and having the sizing chart tell me I am one size when in reality I am two sizes smaller. Am I the only one with that problem? Her measurements and sizes were spot on, though. Big plus in my book.

I wanted to make these becaues I LOVE pajamas and lounge clothes. And Randy HATES it when I wear baggy t-shirts and sweat pants. So this is a wonderful medium. Cute comfy clothes. I won't be wearing these outside, no way, but I have a feeling Randy won't mind a bit if I wear these around the house. OK, last warning. I have very pale legs.

I used a silky navy blue fabric that I had in my stash. It only took a yard, and a yard is what I had. I already had the 1/4 inch elastic I needed, and I went out and bought a spool of red ribbon for about fifty cents at Joann's, so I would like to think these shorts cost me mere pennies. I would show you how cute the back is, but I couldn't take a picture that didn't reveal too much. These are very short shorts.

I've heard bad things about these print at home patterns, but I had no problems. All of the lines on the paper matched up perfectly. I didn't use a whole lot of tape (I only taped at the eges and one in the middle), and it only used about 24 pieces of paper, give or take I can't remember. So keep that in mind before you go a-printing. Maybe print at work if you won't get caught. Also, remember to make sure that your printer isn't automatically resizing the images on the pdf file for printing by checking that the Auto-Scaling box is listed as "none." You'll be able to check that when you click "print" and the print conformation box comes up. Go make these, and have fun! I will be making a couple more, myself.