Showing posts with label women's shirt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women's shirt. Show all posts

Monday, June 28, 2010

Monday Plaids

Alas, my weekend off is o'er, and the next I'll be working. Jake and I had a great time; we watched a couple of movies, went to Shakespeare in Central Park. On my own I did some crafting, baking, cooking, and shopping. I finished the plaid skirt that I mentioned in my previous post...
I'm fairly happy with it, even though it's probably not as full at the hem as it should be, and I look like I'm sagging it on this picture. Ah well, I can't expect too much from a pattern that I whipped up on my own, right? This was super easy; I measured my hips, then cut a rectangle that was my hip measurement + 3" for seam allowance and some fullness x the length that I wanted the skirt to be + 1" for the seam allowance. Then I just sewed the side seams (matching the plaids), added a casing for the wide elastic to go through at the top, and hemmed it by folding the bottom under 1/2" and then topstitching on the right side. Easy peasy. My next project is to make some sort of feminine top out of this men's shirt that I picked up while thrifting this weekend.I've seen many cute ideas using men's shirts, such as this shirt from JezzePrints; and this skirt from BurdaStyle; However, neither of these is quite what I'm imagining, or would work well with the plaid. I'm in desperate need of flattering summer tops, and most of the photos/tutorials that I found for this project were kind of baggy. Hopefully I'll dream up something during the night, and have the time to whip it up tomorrow before work!