{"id":3863,"date":"2015-01-27T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=3863"},"modified":"2015-03-27T14:06:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T18:06:44","slug":"third-times-the-charm-i-made-a-shirt-for-isabel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2015\/01\/27\/third-times-the-charm-i-made-a-shirt-for-isabel\/","title":{"rendered":"Third time’s the charm! I made a shirt for Isabel!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been moving very slowly toward sewing my own doll clothes. I have hemmed and altered existing clothes. I have also crudely constructed simple raw-edged skirts and capes, fastened with hot glue and\/or a running stitch. I have not sewn an entire garment, using a pattern, from beginning to end. Taking on such a project seemed to be the logical extension of the modifications that I had already done.<\/p>\n

I acquired a pattern for a Tyler doll from Andrea [DollsAhoy] for a collared shirt in October, 2014. I also took advantage of the Halloween season to buy three cotton prints — dancing skeletons, bats and spiderwebs — appropriate for Isabel’s tastes. Then all of the supplies just sat on my desk for about two months.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the hiatus between Zombieville chapters gave me more time for other projects. My interest in sewing reawakened. I hit Joanne Fabrics for some quilter’s packs of REALLY LOUD fabrics to supplement my Halloween prints. Armed with a high level of enthusiasm and approximately 0.5 of a clue, I set to work.<\/p>\n

My first two attempts will not be exhibited here. They were too large and\/or sloppy and\/or filled with mistakes, which tends to happen when you only have 0.5 of a clue. However, I learned enough about what NOT to do from failures #1 and #2 so that I could apply my new skills to failure #3.<\/p>\n

Behold now the glory that is failure #3! Modeled by Isabel [here and in chapter 5 of Zombieville], it’s a snugly fitting collared shirt with long sleeves, intentionally constructed with contrasting prints, fastened with snaps. <\/p>\n


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Things to fix in future iterations include the following:<\/p>\n

Use pattern at 90% of original size, not 80%. 80% means I fight to shove Isabel’s hands through the sleeves, which results in needless swearing.<\/p>\n

Put Fray Check on all edges before stitching. Otherwise they will unravel, which results in needless swearing.<\/p>\n

Leave extra large allowances around the armscyes because I WILL end up needing that space. Needless swearing, etc.<\/p>\n

Sew with smaller stitches. Larger stitches might go faster, but they don’t join the fabric well, and I’ll end up restitching the whole anyway. Needless, etc.<\/p>\n

Sew fabric with thread of a similar color. Black thread really shows up in orange fabric!<\/p>\n

Work harder to match hems when sewing on fasteners.<\/p>\n

This entry was originally posted at http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1705341.html<\/a>. You can comment here, but I’d prefer it if you’d comment on my DW<\/a> using OpenID.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been moving very slowly toward sewing my own doll clothes. I have hemmed and altered existing clothes. I have also crudely constructed simple raw-edged skirts and capes, fastened with hot glue and\/or a running stitch. I have not sewn an entire garment, using a pattern, from beginning to end. Taking on such a… Continue reading Third time’s the charm! I made a shirt for Isabel!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[669,668],"class_list":["post-3863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-handmade-clothes","tag-isabel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4150,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3863\/revisions\/4150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}