Fail Shirt...Or Is It?

I had a little piece of white rib knit that wasn't really 60" wide and got cut about 8 inches too short when I bought it. It wasn't enough to make the shirt I wanted, so I decided to try my first Frankenpattern, mixing New Look 6470 and Jalie 2805 since I liked the first one's silhouette but didn't want to worry about the cowl showing my bra. I loved the Jalie V-neck but didn't like the tight sleeves. So here's where I traced the Jalie neckline onto the NL.



Yeah, well that back neckline didn't go so well. Here I have created a faux-hoodie! The fail shirt is born.



So my mom suggested a couple of little darts to gather it up - I tried it but there was so much material the darts ended up too deep. So today I decided there was nothing to lose, and I took the band off the back, cut an inch out of that and sewed it back together, then trimmed an inch off the whole back neckline which was stretched out of shape, and resewed the band on with some clear elastic topping it off. Voila!



Now I also stretched the armholes out when I folded and topstitched them, but who cares - this is the fail shirt. And the hem was getting wavy, so I checked my Kwik Sew book (new from Amazon with the swimsuit book!) and found that if I used an even shorter stitch I could get some extreme waviness which actually is decorative!



So in the end, I decided this shirt does NOT suck, and I wore it to dinner tonight! Lucas and Dean both said, "Why are you so dressed up?" I know it was because I had the long black shorts and funky black sandals, but I like to think it was because of the frilly Fail Shirt.



Oh yeah, Drew got crafty with his leatherworking merit badge and put together some nice moccasins for himself ($14.99 kit at Hobby Lobby or Michael's). We will now look like hippies wearing our homemade clothes and moccasins. Peace out.

Another Shirt I Can't Wear Anywhere

Oh look! I used the same pattern from the purple shirt and made a fancy one out of glittery fabric, which drops glitter everywhere I go. Did I mention this cost $7, compared to similar glittery shirts that fancy stores sell for exorbitant sums of money? So if you see me at a Christmas party, this is what I'll be wearing (plus a little lipstick hopefully, and there'll be a pile of glitter around me; and if I hug you please forgive the glitter I'll leave on your outfit.)

And yes, that's a personalized tag my sister gave me years ago to put in all my clothes. That way if I give them away to the Goodwill someone can look me up in the phone book and call to complain about all the unfinished seams. Nice! But really, it did impress the hell out of my in-laws when they saw that.

Another Shirt

Sorry - you people are going to have to put up with my sewing projects. Kodak Gallery locks up the vault so I can't post the pictures there. Anyway, this one is to wear out to eat with some knee-length black shorts, or pants I guess. It almost ended up as a bridesmaid dress (see the poofy sleeve), but I got that outta there. I found the pattern on patternreview.com (see the box at left) and I have to say it looks much better on the better-endowed women. Oh well, I'll continue to flaunt my ribs as long as I'm able!

You know, the more I look at it, the more I think it overemphasizes my hips - dangit! Back to the pool hall shirt!