A Second Shirt for Lucy

I got Baby Lucy's second shirt finished recently. After cutting two right sleeve plackets I decided just to sew up the wrong placket and re-cut it in the right place. You can see the mistake if you look for it, but given the floral fabric ($6 at Spotters) and fact she will be wearing this under a jersey or cardi in winter, I am not too worried.

I love the Peter Pan collar and the pin tucks.

One Shirt and One Fox

After a week of mistake after mistake the first shirt is finished.

I decided to use domes rather than make buttonholes - thinking that would be tidier. But then I sewed all the domes on wrong side up so had to unpick them all. And because the buttons were attached to the domes, they all came off too.

Today it all came together and it is now in the mail to baby Lucy. If it fits, I will be finishing the other flowery one and making a third with the fabric my sister-in-law sent me during the week.

The fox is closer to being done, although I am out of essex linen so until more arrives, it is sitting in the half done pile!

I plan to add one more light x block under his nose to finish it off and then I want to add an 8" border of essex linen around the whole thing. It will end up about 48 x 48", 122 x 122cm. Not sure if that's a particularly useful size, but if you are only three and a quarter you will fit under it or perhaps hang it on your bedroom wall.

One Armed Shirts

My sister-in-law asked me if I would make baby Lucy a couple of long sleeved winter shirts. I quite like sewing for Lucy so said, "Of course." I had Oliver and S's Music Class Shirt and Skirt pattern on the shelf just waiting.

I haven't used an Oliver and S pattern before. I am pleased the pattern is printed on slightly thicker tissue than that yukky brown tissue the likes of Simplicity and Butterick are printed on.

I read on someone's blog that when she wants to make say five shirts, she cuts out all the pieces and then does step one on the first shirt, the second shirt, etc. The blogger says it saves time. So I cut out enough for two shirts. My test shirts really. My sister-in-law is still choosing material.

They are certainly not quick shirts to make - although I reckon the short sleeve version would save hours!

My favourite part of the shirts are the pin tucks.

My least favourite part of the process is the sleeve placket. It is super-fiddly.

Anyway, I am about 75% done. I would be almost done if I hadn't cut the sleeve placket in the same place for the left and right hand sleeve. Ack. Fortunately, the required 1 meter of fabric the pattern calls for is quite generous, so I have enough for another sleeve.

Not sure how wintery looking these fabrics are. I just thought they were pretty. Both from Spotlight. One only $6 a metre.