sew easy! or not.

I've spent the day sewing.

If you came over you would know this because I'm wearing leggings and a t-shirt and I'm having a decidedly bad hair day.

About two years ago I bought some lightweight floral print cotton that I thought would make a cute summer shirt. Then in a moment of insanity I decided to wing it and not use a pattern. Let's just say that was a mistake.

Now, two years later, I decided to tackle it again. And guess what? This time I'm using a pattern! But then I made the shirt and the sleeves were....um....whoa....I need to gain about 200 lbs. before they'd fit. So I had to use my made up tailoring skills and adjust the sleeves. Then I tried it on and while the sleeves looked better, it pretty much looked like a homemade floral print "scrubs" shirt. Not exactly the look I was hoping for.

Maybe I just better give up on this fabric?

At the last minute I added some shirring at the sides to give some shape to it's boxiness. And it looks better, I think, but honestly, now I'm at the point that I've looked at it so much today that I'm not even sure how it looks. So I put it away and I'll look at it again tomorrow.

Some days that's just how it goes in the sewing room.

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Look at you using fancy words like "shirring"! Hope the shirt looks cute after a day of not staring at it. :)

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I wanna see it!

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