What?! This isn't haute couture?! It's hand sewn, made to order, and I altered it to fit me!Huh?! "Hand sewn" doesn't mean on my cheap sewing machine?! But I did all the ruffles and gathering by hand and put on five buttons! (Although, the buttons were a mistake. When I was finishing the last one I remembered that I could have set the sewing machine stitch width to match the button holes and saved myself some swearing.)
Fine. It's Simplicity 2854 made out of charcoal gray Kona quilting cotton.
The shirt comes with a four inch ease, which I tested with the measuring tape and it was crazy big, so I went down a size and gave myself a two inch ease. Have you spotted the problem yet?
Crappers. There is a four inch ease because the shirt has to be pulled on over my head and big ol' shoulders. Let's just say I won't be wearing this shirt to the gym or anywhere where changing in public is called for. But it looks good on, and it's the FIRST non-skirt garment that I've successfully made that fits onto my body. Now if I can only get the sleeve ruffles to head downward instead of straight out...
But otherwise, SUCCESS! I can now cross off, "make a shirt that fits" from my goals for 2008 list.
1 comment:
Ha, I've made that mistake before! It looks really nice on you, though. Good job!
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