So I wanted to make this a tutorial, but a friend borrowed my camera this weekend, and I forgot and went crazy looking for it. Moral of the story: I need to get more sleep... I hear it improves memory. I tried taking pictures on my phone but they didn't come out so well. But, I did have fun making this double sleeve shirt. I made my own pattern by tracing a shirt A already had. I used two of my old stretch shirts that have been sitting in a drawer unworn for several years. Then I freezer paper stenciled using this awesome and free download from Aly & Ash. Overall I thought the shirt came out pretty good, the neckline could have been better, but that has never been my strong point.
Double Sleeve Rock Star Shirt
This is the first of what will probably be many double sleeve shirts I plan on making in the coming weeks. I'm hoping to get one made for D this week, and since I have my camera again I plan on making my first tutorial. This shirt is a size 4T and D is a size 7/8, I'm thinking of drafting a pattern to share for free so if anyone would be interested let me know!
I have a few nearly finished projects right now...and by nearly finished I mean I'm frustrated and hopefully I'll get the motivation to pull myself together. The Go To Dress I started during kids clothes week challenge is done, but I messed up the neckline, aka I forgot to gather it so it is just all wrong. I'm not really in the mood to un-stitch and re-stitch, so it's probably going to sit around for a while. I have a "finished" visor beanie but it is too small circumference wise for D and I have yet to try it on A to see how much I need to take off the height, easy task I just need to get around to it. Today I started a double sleeve shirt for A which I made my own pattern for. With the exception of the neckline it is completed sewn and freezer paper stenciled, but again I do not like necklines. I made this shirt using old shirts and didn't buy any rib knit for the neckline, thus I tried to use the neckline of one of the shirts and it didn't work so well. I'm hoping to get this done tomorrow since it is really cute and I can't wait to share it!
I'm hoping to finish these three projects before I start anything new, but I have several other projects I'm planning to start as soon as I get some fusible interfacing. I have a yellow long-sleeved shirt in mind for B with this super cute fabric from Joann Fabrics that has butterflies on it. I'm also planning on making B a fleece button up sweater and a winter hat and maybe some mittens with a black with colorful butterflies print also from Joann Fabrics. I also want to attempt to make another double sleeve shirt, and once again make my own pattern, but for D, I feel bad I haven't made him anything yet, though the visor beanie was originally meant for him. I'm thinking about doing a tutorial for the double sleeve shirt and possibly drafting a pattern to share since I'm going to be making it in multiple sizes... A is a 4/5 and D is a 7/8, if I made one for B too she's a 3/4. If anyone would be interested in a free pattern/tutorial let me know, it would give me a reason to do it!
On a side note, I was rummaging through old pictures and came across these. These are a few of the many figure skating dresses I made over the years, but the only ones I can seem to find pictures for.
This dress was for a show number to music from Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights:
So Kid's Clothes Week Challenge and the Sew 5 Challenge didn't really happen for me. Between the power outage then getting sick I just couldn't pull it off. But last night I whipped up a Spa Hair Drying Wrap using Molly from The Creative Maven's pattern and tutorial. B tried it on this morning and not only does it fit, but she loves it!
B in her hair wrap!
On a side note, I've been thinking and processing reversible clothing over and over lately, and it hasn't seemed to make any sense. This hair wrap finally made it click, so thank you Molly!
