Story of a liberty shirt

After two depressing failures, I needed some sure bet to sew in order to rebuild my self-esteem. So I got into my Liberty Treasure Chest and took out my swatch of the classic and delicate Katie and Millie (version D). It is such a sweet pattern that it even hurts to put it to the scissors.

All You Need is...

Shirt 2 Skirt...destroyer phase

Guilty. I cut it. Here is my plan pattern with the measurements for my 1.5 year old.

Size 18 months

And this is the progress I made so far. It was easy stuff, just getting my scissors in there and:

·        separating the former elastic gathered waist piece, soon to be the "chimney neckline"

·        to cut off the bat flaps

·        to resize the whole garment

·        to pin it all

·        present the project to my mom for sewing

Destroyer Evolution

Mom’s complaints: the basics -> and a couple more:

·         you don’t know how to cut (agreed)

·        this fabric (the lightest silk gauze ever) is impossible to sew (here are some advices)

·        why bother? The colors of this fabric are lame (beauty is in the eye of the beholder)

·        you drive me crazy! (possibly true)