Let the sewing continue

Hello Dear Readers,

Spent a pleasant afternoon yesterday working on a new top for the gym out of an XL t-shirt Patrick gave me. (That's a Naruto game for those of you keeping track)


I had a rough idea of what I wanted based on a design I saw at the gym, but I as usual mostly made it up as I went. I used one of my favorite tank tops to cut out a rough shirt shape that would fit.

Then I did a lot of tweaking, cutting and draping to get the final product.

I could really use a dress maker's dummy, there was a lot of taking on, putting pins in, adjusting, squirming, hanging upside down, and once i stabbed the inside of my nose with a pin taking the shirt off. Yikes! I think the pointy shoulder epaulets not only go with the epaulet theme popular this fashion season, but kind of work with the anime theme for the t-shirt. The geisha collar back also works with the Japanese theme....... though it was unplanned. If I had more material i could have cut curved pieces for the neck, or if I was less lazy i would have cut them thinner so they didn't bunch as much but I didn't want to pull out the iron again. Someday I'll have a sewing room set up properly, but hey, it's a white shirt that's going to get yellow sweat stains in a year, I can live with it.
I wore it to aerobics class last night and it worked just fine. Still have a ban on buying new clothes until I start getting paid, but making clothes doesn't count!

Now what do you think blog, should I wear the hotpants with this new shirt to the gym tomorrow? ;-)