I like to think I am a fairly creative person that does fairly well at crafty things. Sometimes it may seem I am an 80 year old woman (knitting, quilting, pictures) but really I'm not.
As mentioned I quilt, well not completely. I don't actually do the quilting part, but I piece it together send it off to get quilted and then put the edging on. So really - I sew straight lines. Pretty well though.
With Amelia's potty training - she really can't do the snap onsies anymore, plus she doesn't like the bunchy feeling between her legs. We bought some Iowa Hawkeye onsies a while ago that she still can wear. I decided since I am the fairly crafty person that I am - I would cut off the bottoms and hem them. Waa - laa 2 usable shirts. Pretty easy project.
Which is good - because for her fall clothes - instead of buying 2T clothes - I bought 3T. Who knew that 24 month clothes and 2T clothes are different?! So next year she will be set .
Anyway, off I cut the bottoms of the onsies. I felt brilliant at this moment. And then it has sort of gone down hill from there. I started to sew the first shirt....it caught - hole #1 in shirt. Note to self: when sewing, it is good to put some thread in. So I did - telling myself how ridiculous of a mistake that was....come on Miss Crafty - this isn't your first rodeo. Ok, set up again, it caught...again - hole #2. This time? I still had my walking foot on from finishing Amelia's quilt. For those who don't know what a walking foot is - well nutshell version - you are supposed to use it for really thick fabric. A shirt? Really not a thick fabric. Once again as I switch them out I tell myself how the mistakes I am making should not be made. This is supposed to be a 'build your ego' project. Ok - so on go the glasses (reading glasses people! Remember I'm not 80!) - maybe this will help my issues. They didn't. As I sew around the shirt....I come to a seam....it gets caught....AGAIN. Seriously?! At least this time it doesn't have a hole. Instead it has a very crooked line that quite frankly for a person who sews straight lines is rather embarrassing. I'm killing the resale value of this shirt! Come on - work with me Crafty wanna be! So as I continue around....I keep migrating toward the edge of the shirt. UGH! At this point if I was speaking out loud I would be yelling at myself. To think I'm still only on the first shirt! At this point - Ring Ring - I'm saved by the Belle. Literally. Isabelle woke up - oh so sorry self - have to leave this project unfinished on the sewing machine. Ugh. I suppose I will try again today. Moral of the story....not all lines are straight and easy.....I can sew pieces of a quilt together.....but shirts....not so much. Though I guess I do have one more shirt to redeem myself. So we shall see. But - note to you....if you have a shirt you want hemmed or touched with a sewing machine...I recommend not asking me!
Update: Well, I made it the rest of the way around the shirt. For re-enforcement I was going to go around again (really not smart) and I have made 2 more holes and if I go farther I think I may just butcher the whole thing. Ugh. The only thing I can figure out is maybe my needle is too big. BUT, I'm not going to test it out. I think instead I will be buying an iron on hem for the other shirt. Needless to say - I think I flunked on this craft! So it goes I suppose.
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Oh no! I was going to try and turn one of Arya's onesies into a shirt. But I am NOT a crafty person. Your story is making me think maybe I shouldn't try...
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