Catching Up Post #5
Sewaholic Renfrew Shirt
I'm a little sad about this shirt. The Renfrew shirt from Sewaholic is one of my go-to shirt patterns. I've made three or four (these plus at least one more unblogged) and have tweaked the fit so its just right for me. I bought this mint knit because it was a higher quality than I can usually find locally and loved the color and design and was looking forward to making myself a shirt I knew I'd wear over and over again.
I like thicker knits so I decided to line the shirt. Not so much 'line', but use two layers of fabric so that the shirt would be nice and thick and sturdy and I could wear it without layering. That is where the trouble arose - I forgot to take into account the stretch/recovery of the inner lining layer which happened to the less than the mint arrow fabric. :( It worked out okay for most of the shirt but the shoulder/armhole area ended up just too tight and restrictive. I tried to wear it and love it... but it drove me crazy.
The only saving grace is that Leah likes the shirt. Its a bit big/long for her since it was made for me, but she particularly loves the thickness and softness of the fabric - the same reasons I made it for myself! I suppose I should be glad that at least someone gets to wear it, the good fabric isn't wasted, and its big/long so she can wear it to school again next year.
This is the shirt on Leah, photo taken this morning. I didn't take any pictures of it on me when I first made it and as the shirt was a bit tight in places to begin with it and I'm currently five months pregnant it would be so comical now that I can't bring myself to even try it on!
I like thicker knits so I decided to line the shirt. Not so much 'line', but use two layers of fabric so that the shirt would be nice and thick and sturdy and I could wear it without layering. That is where the trouble arose - I forgot to take into account the stretch/recovery of the inner lining layer which happened to the less than the mint arrow fabric. :( It worked out okay for most of the shirt but the shoulder/armhole area ended up just too tight and restrictive. I tried to wear it and love it... but it drove me crazy.
The only saving grace is that Leah likes the shirt. Its a bit big/long for her since it was made for me, but she particularly loves the thickness and softness of the fabric - the same reasons I made it for myself! I suppose I should be glad that at least someone gets to wear it, the good fabric isn't wasted, and its big/long so she can wear it to school again next year.
This is the shirt on Leah, photo taken this morning. I didn't take any pictures of it on me when I first made it and as the shirt was a bit tight in places to begin with it and I'm currently five months pregnant it would be so comical now that I can't bring myself to even try it on!
I think I'm almost caught up on blogging the last five months of sewing projects...
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