So, last time I made this shirt, I didn’t call it anything. I’m officially naming it the “Petal Shirt”. I know, creative, right? I didn’t inherit my mom’s ability to come up with funny pun-y titles. You’ll need a yard of nice soft knit, coordinating thread, some fusible interfacing, and 1/4 inch elastic. Make sure…
Carefree Clothes for Girls Sew-a-long, Month 4
Here is my entry for this month’s Carefree Clothes for Girls sew-a-long, hosted by Elemental Stitches. I altered the pattern by using a decorative stitch on my machine to embroider around the arm and neck holes. This was the first time I’ve had a fit issue with a pattern from this book, but the too-wide…
The Ringer Shirt: A Tutorial
This classic shirt is about as easy as peasy gets. It’s the perfect project to conquer your fear of knits (that is, if you have one) and you don’t need a serger. NO SERGER! Got that?! First, a note about knits. For this type of fitted knit shirt, you need to use jersey, or something…
Fail turned Pajamas!
Until this shirt, I was an utter failure at making shirts. Up until that point they all, without exception, ended up looking like pajamas. This shirt is probably the best example of that: Ugh. Now that I’m seeing it on the screen, it looks like pajamas AND scrubs. I called it a “fail” and threw…
Another Spring Top!
Oh, spring tops. Like M&Ms, potato chips, Mint Milano cookies, ok, really any junk food, I can’t have just one! Or two, as the case may be. So, though the “week” is over, spring top fever continues. Here is my latest. I saw these pretty cascading petals on this shirt, but decided I needed to…