One of the big complaints about blogs and social media is that we only share our successes. There is a reason for that if I whined all the time I’d have no followers at all, but, sometimes it’s important to share the big major goof-ups.
As you know, I’ve been busy sewing shirts. 
You saw me wearing this, I didn’t see any reason to have a full post on yet another shirt.
Four of them together? Why not? You can see how different fabrics really change a shirt. 
Time to make another one, for Joel. I bought the chambray at the Pearl Soho outlet in Irvine. I wasn’t crazy about their fabric selection. Chambray is wonderful to wear but not that easy to sew with.
Here was a tip from the Craftsy class that I had not used on any of the other shirts, not even the silk one. This piece of embroidery thread gave me something to hang onto while topstitching. It really does work and I should do this even on a cotton shirt. You can see that the tip of the collar is a little rounded, that is how chambray behaves.
Unlike silk where one gets a very nice sharp point.
So far so good. I sewed this while Joel was up skiing at Mammoth. I used the large size, I measured the body of the shirt against a shirt he owns and it looked very similar. What I didn’t do was check the length of the sleeves…
When I measured them against the store-bought shirt – they were a good 3 inches too long. Uh-oh! So Joel got home, tried it on and those sleeves were too long. So I started out carefully unpicking the underarm and sleeve seams. You guessed, the seam ripper slipped and a big gash in the back of the shirt.
No, there is no photographic evidence. I was so angry, upset and pissed at myself. I just balled it all up and into the garbage went! So no more pictures of this shirt! I’m sad that Joel can’t wear it. I’m sure I will make another, but just so you know, this happens to all of us.
I don’t want to end on a sad note, so here are my new socks, after I wore them and before I washed them, a little dirty, as socks should be.
Another hat for Eyal, he outgrew the first one, that kid is growing very very fast.
Even with life’s little mishaps, always remember to celebrate the wonders.
Leah