Should Have Known Better
August 17, 2006
I rarely make clothes. Sometimes for the girls, but never for me. When I saw this fabric earlier this summer, I knew I wanted to make something to wear with it - I thought maybe a skirt. The fabric sat in the bag and I kind of forgot about it until I began cleaning out the sewing room. When I rediscovered it and found this pattern, I thought ok, this is what I'll make.
Mistake #1: When I cut it out, I decided NOT to lengthen the torso. I kept holding the pattern up to myself and thought, "this is definitely going to be long enough." Wrong, wrong, wrong. It was a really dumb call on my part - I have to order long torso bathing suits. What was I thinking?
Mistake #2: The armholes are huge! I don't understand why - must be the pattern. I should have looked a little more carefully.
Mistake #3: At the bottom, it's narrower than at the arms. Another pattern thing, I think. It barely fits over my hips.
This is why I don't make clothes!
The result . . . still to be determined. Part of me wants to scrap the whole thing because I am so frustrated. The other part thinks I am up to the challenge of multiple alterations. I guess I will wait and see.
UGH! I hate this! This is why I don't make clothes either... The arm hole thing...that makes me laugh because weird stuff like this would always happen to me if I tried to make clothes. I was scared away by things like this but I'm trying to ease my way back in to sewing... skirts! that is what my plan is. I can hope.
Posted by: kim | August 20, 2006 at 12:37 AM
Despite the issues you had with pattern, the top looked great last night! It inspires me to sew some more.
Posted by: marcia | August 20, 2006 at 08:38 AM
the top is adorable, but after all of that, what would you have paid to buy the shirt???!!!
Posted by: lynette | August 21, 2006 at 09:21 PM
Erin,
You are doing great!
A very busy lady!
I love logging on to see what you all are up to. Thanks
Posted by: Jean | August 31, 2006 at 11:40 AM