If you have been reading my posts than you know that lately I have been sewing more. Today I worked on another project for my daughter, girls' clothes are a lot cuter than boys clothes. I bought this material in January planning on being able to make two shirts and two pants but I happened to have enough leftover to work on a dress.
I wanted to try something new with this project and this shirt happened to use a technique called shirring. Having never done it I was a little worried but wanted to try. I liked being able to use different technique and this replaces the gathering that at times is too tedious. I might have gone overboard with it though.
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| Around the skirt |
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| works as an empire waist band |
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| around the neckline |
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| on the sleeves |
The reason I may have been a little overboard is because this particular pattern was only for a shirt, however my daughter did not want just a shirt she wanted a dress. This little girl has very strong opinions about her wardrobe already and if she does not like something she will not wear it. SO I also tried something new in changing the pattern a bit so instead of a shirt and skirt I combined them into one dress.
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| wanted to show her braids also, did an under braid on each side |
I think it turned out pretty cute and while the next time I would change things a bit I quite enjoyed learning about shirring and also how to adjust things while I am sewing instead of following a pattern exactly. Tell me what you think.
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