Wednesday, March 23, 2011

sew not perfect...

On G's school calendar, Wednesday read: "Wear a shirt with a number on it to school."

Hmmmm...G does not have any sort of sports shirts with numbers, or any shirts with numbers on them.  What should I do?  Well, the cheap and easy answer would be to write a number on a sticker and stick in on her shirt.  But how could I make this task cuter and a lot harder?  I know, I can sew a number on a shirt for her!  With the great luck I had with zig-zag applique on baby E's owl, I should be able to do this no sweat!


OK, this was NOT as easy as I was hoping.  This shape was harder to sew around than the curves and circles of the owl, and the t-shirt knit stretched and bunched.  I knew this of course and should have practiced first, but no, I had to just jump in and go for it.


And CARP, I sewed part of it to the back of the t-shirt!


But if you don't look too closely it still looks cute, and G liked it (she picked 6 because she will turn 6 on her next birthday), which is all that really counts.  I will have to let my desire for perfection go today...

1 comment:

Amy said...

You are just in the crafting/sewing mood lately, aren't you? Love the 6! Maybe you'll have to teach me some tricks, so I can make some onesies for Evie. You know, in between feeding and changing and burping and holding and...well. Maybe I'll just wait for a while.