http://slimshady018c.bloghostpro.com/ Craftykeg - a blog about crafts! Knitting, sewing, crochet, paper crafts, food - holy craft overload batman! en http://slimshady018c.bloghostpro.com/2009/03/08/shirt-1.html I’m on a mission to manufacture some new clothes on behalf of my big kid job.  On Saturday I went to the fabric store as well as bought ten shirt patterns (on sale on behalf of $2 each - who wouldn’t buy the limit, really?)  I also picked up sufficient material to manufacture four of them.  This weekend I finished one. The pattern is Butterick B5283, view D.  I made the sleeves shorter because of the fact that I ran out of material.  (Side note, that never seems to happen - I at all times have way to much when I follow the numbers on the back of the pattern, so that was… strange.)  I do love 3/4 length sleeves though, so I’m not too upset.  The twist at the top is supposed to be off center, as well as it was a little fiddly getting it to calculate right.  Basically, it took two chemists as well as an electronics engineer a good fifteen minutes to figure it out.  Then we had some beer. The fabric is just a basic stretch knit.  I rarely sew with knits, so this was a little new to me, but not terribly hard.  I just used a zig-zag stitch on behalf of an estimated all of it as well as away I went.  This shirt is so soft as well as nice, as well as I am in love with the color.  I don’t know why I love teal so much, but I’m going with it. The only downside to this shirt is that I’ve promised myself I won’t wear any of these new clothes until I actually start my job.  Nothing like the motivation of new clothes to get a girl going, right? Posted in crafting, sewing Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:40:26 -0400 slimshady018c