One year ago today I made my first shirt! It wasn’t great.
It’s a Seamwork Akita. I had no idea what I was doing. I especially had no idea about fitting. When I was snipping the last of my threads on it, I cut a hole in the sleeve.…
Once I got my Melilot fitting properly on the back, I knew I needed to make a dress version. I used some Art Gallery rayon from Stitch.
To change the pattern, I pretty much just extended the hem down. I liked the way the skirt part of the Seamwork Adelaide…
It’s pretty obvious that the Plantain fits way better than the Lark! Look at those shoulders…ick. I’ll definitely just be copying necklines from the Lark onto the Plantain for my next shirts. Still, the Lark is a good run errands t-shirt.
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I woke up at 5am last Tuesday and just could not get back to sleep, so I whipped up this Deer and Doe Plantain. I did a size 46 graded to 44 at the waist.
I really like it, and I think it fits better than the Lark! I wore…
I decided to dip my toe into sack dresses with the Lodo dress, and I think it was pretty successful!
I really shy away from shapeless dresses, but something about the Lodo appealed to me, and that might be that it’s not entirely shapeless (it has a subtle cocoon shape),…
I bought the Lark Tee pattern last summer and it has sat in my sewing bin since then. I finally ordered some fabric a couple of months ago and didn’t get around to sewing one up until today. I went with a cap sleeve scoop neck.
My serger was not…
