I mustered my courage and attempted to sew a little dress for our grandie. I was reminded quite thoroughly that I am NOT cut out for sewing clothing when I was feeling quite smug about my progress only to realize that I'd made the opening for the back on the shoulder instead. AND, to add insult to injury I completely overlooked the pattern where it very clearly said you should cut the front bodice on a fold and I cut it in two pieces (and then wondered why the facing pieces didn't fit...duh. Good thing I'm such good friends with my frogging tool. Luckily (?) I had to order additional fabric to do the skirt and there's enough that I can re-do the pieces I messed up. I'm also pretty sure it's quite a bit too big for her, despite using the 'proper' size on the pattern. Oh well. She'll grow - maybe it will fit her NEXT year. Now you know why I don't sew clothing!!!💣💥💩😒
Here's the pieces put together correctly (I hope!) waiting for the
skirt to be sewn on.
Pattern I used is Simplicity CS9280.
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That's funny about the dress caper. Well you didn't sew the sleeves together, so you're ahead there. A lot of people do that then search everywhere for "the other sleeve parts".
ReplyDeleteI haven't done the sleeve thing - yet.
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