Aside from silly projects like curtains, pillows and a snazzy Disney L*ghtning McQ**n duvet cover with satin backing (he goes with me to the fabric store you see...) I have yet to attack any real sewing until now. Today I made a t-shirt!!
...for Leo.
Leo is a sort of joke really. He´s my dou-dou my mom bought me since Seb is away so much. Seb is a Leo and my mom thought it was very funny to buy this lion for me to sleep with when he´s gone. He´s very cute and soft and he kind of looks like Seb with all his crazy lion's mane, but he has this awful soccer shirt made of polyester and I´ve been wanting to make a new shirt for him so he looks better on my bed, or rather more likely on Little S´s bed.
This first shirt is experimental, made with my old pyjamas and in jersey cotton . Ugh jersey I hate you! This is the worst material to sew with ever. On Project Runway they always disqualify the person who makes the outfit out of jersey because it always puckers and turns out a disaster. I know firsthand now...eww!
Anyway, even if it has some puckering and major basting problems (oops...and now you know why the pictures are small) I´m proud of my work sans pattern. It really is pretty easy to make your own patterns if you are willing to rip stitches from an old garment.
Next I´ll hopefully be moving on to a size bigger, baby girl dresses! But first maybe another shirt for Leo so he has some different looks.
2 comments:
I am impressed! The t-shirt is adorable. Pretty soon you'll be making one for the real Seb.
Doll and baby clothes are easy to do that´s why I´m practicing on those first. I thik if I made a t-shirt for Seb he´d be horrified! He´s a clothing snob.
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