As a refresher, here's the before:
Let's remember, this was $0.75 worth of fabric (and buttons! and zipper!), and now it is this not-perfect, but good-enough shirt:
I promise I'm wearing shorts. Just you can only tell in the one picture. It's a bit shapeless, and you don't really notice the little yoke and gathering up top (detailed in the corner), but I like the pattern and I think I like it enough to actually wear it around. There aren't any pictures of the back because the back is pretty much exactly the same as the front. At the very least, I am proud of myself for finally finishing it. And I like it with a belt!
Things that were tough:
- This fabric is old. It frays soooo easily (and rips easily too) 'cause it is decrepit and fragile.
- The pieces didn't match up as well as I would have liked.
- I got so tired of working with the instructions after a while. It is a lot more work to sew from a pattern than to just wing it.
- I put too much pressure on the pedal of the sewing machine and it goes crazy fast and I'd get stressed when I was sewing sections that needed to be more particular.
Things that were nice:
- Making something totally different from a frumpy dress.
- Hand sewing! I actually really like that sometimes. Like when Mad Men is on and I'm seeing all the pretty clothes while I make clothes.
- The pattern of the fabric hides mistakes!
- I like gathering fabric!
- BEING DONE.
And on the topic of being done, to be honest there are a couple things I should fix that probably I won't because I am just so over this project, ha. BUT IT IS DONE (enough) SO THAT'S OKAY.
Also spent hours out for coffee and dinner with dear Steph and read more of my book. I am almost done with it-- expect an entry about it because I am wrestling with it very much.
So today, blog, has been very productive. Even though I didn't get up until noon.
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