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So, remember The Shirt? That I hoped to make for Joel to wear at Raglan? That I had a very simply pattern to follow, one where I took lots of measurements of Joel, added on lots of extra to these measurements to ensure that I had something long and baggy and floofy?
It didn't get done by Raglan, and though I brought the shirt along there in the thought I might work on it then, of course I didn't. And then when we got home, and got unpacked, it sort of disappeared; I looked for it about a week ago, having worked up some motivation to work on it again, and couldn't find it. Knowing that I now have about four weeks until Crown, the next chance he'd have to wear it, tonight I sat down and looked for it thoroughly until I found it. All that's left is the neckline (which needed to be cut) and the cuffs on the sleeves.
My biggest problem with necklines is cutting them too big, so I've learned to be very cautious in cutting them, largening them 3-4 times until they're right. So I started small, and worked on it until I had something big enough to fit over his head. The moment of truth...
The truth is, I hate sewing. I can take a detailed, geometric pattern, lots and lots of measurements, and what do I end up with? Something that he struggles to get the second arm into, which is not especially long nor anywhere near baggy enough to have a gathered/pleated neckline, and I realized that I cut the neckline on the wrong side of the shirt, meaning that the sleeves have a big seam running down the inside of the elbow, instead of along the back.
It's just so frustrating. I'm never able to do anything that turns out well. I will finish the shirt, because it will be wearable, but this was basically my one shot for making him a shirt, because I doubt I'll ever have the patience to make him another one, not going in to it knowing it won't turn out, and thus also basically his one shot of getting decent garb which isn't just a long, shapeless t-tunic. 'Cause there's no way that I'm ever going to be able to make him anything 16th C German, even early 16th C.
It didn't get done by Raglan, and though I brought the shirt along there in the thought I might work on it then, of course I didn't. And then when we got home, and got unpacked, it sort of disappeared; I looked for it about a week ago, having worked up some motivation to work on it again, and couldn't find it. Knowing that I now have about four weeks until Crown, the next chance he'd have to wear it, tonight I sat down and looked for it thoroughly until I found it. All that's left is the neckline (which needed to be cut) and the cuffs on the sleeves.
My biggest problem with necklines is cutting them too big, so I've learned to be very cautious in cutting them, largening them 3-4 times until they're right. So I started small, and worked on it until I had something big enough to fit over his head. The moment of truth...
The truth is, I hate sewing. I can take a detailed, geometric pattern, lots and lots of measurements, and what do I end up with? Something that he struggles to get the second arm into, which is not especially long nor anywhere near baggy enough to have a gathered/pleated neckline, and I realized that I cut the neckline on the wrong side of the shirt, meaning that the sleeves have a big seam running down the inside of the elbow, instead of along the back.
It's just so frustrating. I'm never able to do anything that turns out well. I will finish the shirt, because it will be wearable, but this was basically my one shot for making him a shirt, because I doubt I'll ever have the patience to make him another one, not going in to it knowing it won't turn out, and thus also basically his one shot of getting decent garb which isn't just a long, shapeless t-tunic. 'Cause there's no way that I'm ever going to be able to make him anything 16th C German, even early 16th C.
