I’ve been wanting to do more shirts for myself. Of course, sewing for everyone else often seems to come first.

I like how this one turned out. The color is a soft kind of 30’s retro green with very small dots (flowers, I guess) on it. Kwik Sew 3062 with a few modifications. I did a much narrower bias tape (self fabric) and the pattern didn’t have it quite long enough so there are a few very small tucks in the back and I squared the neck a little (the gaping here is probably due to my lack of fullness in the front)
(do you know how hard it is to get a picture of me around here!?)

 

 

I tried first to have my children take the pictures but the angle was so far from flattering (even in the ones where you could see my head and my shirt lol), that I went for the mirror option.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and for my girl…..

 

I did do a little sewing for my older girl. She saw a shirred dress at the store. A simple little white dress. Being a sewing mama, I had to do it myself.  The dress does look a little mu-mu ish to me but she loves it. It hangs a little low in the front here, but we figured out that if we cross the ties in the back, it stays up better  on her super thin frame. She wore it for 2 days in a row, so I guess she likes it Actually, she insisted I make a few more for her.