Hey! I made a shirt
Laura
Back in March, when we went to NYC and visited Purl, I bought some fabric. Just 2 yards of beautiful, sheer and silky, Anna Maria Horner designed goodness.
(Oh, and a purl calendar...)
I washed it as soon as I got home, thinking I'd make something right away. This has not happened, it has sat prettily on my shelf for months. Well, until the other day when I stumbled upon Anna Maria's recent blog post. Using some of the same print I bought, she whipped up a sweet little dress. I only had 1 yard, but figured I could adapt the pattern and make a shirt. It took me a bit more than then the one hour (ahem) she made hers in, but, it was an easy, enjoyable project, and last night I was able to wear it to our weekly stitching group.
(I altered her directions in a minor way-I don't have much elastic sewing experience, so I made a casing for the 3 rows of elastic, it seemed less scary than sewing on elastic while you are streching it to fit. I never feel totally successful with elastic when doing it that way.)
Reader Comments (3)
The top turned out lovely! The fabric design works perfectly.
Wow Laura, that shirt is beautiful! What a good use for the fabric. We should go back and get more now :).
LOVE IT!!!!THE SHIRT IS TOO CUTE!!!