One Stray Pea

I started this shirt 4 months ago. I found it so completely obnoxious to make that I just now finished it. To be perfectly honest, it’s not really finished, but it’s as far as I’m willing to go with it. It’s the Easy Empire Waist Top from Amy’s Butler’s Little Stitches for Little Ones. For my fabrics I chose was Feathered Friends by Wendy Slotboom. I should’ve known this project was doomed from the start when I didn’t even really like the fabrics that I chose. I chose them because I couldn’t find anything else at The Fabric Shack that I thought coordinated well enough for this shirt.

So I come home and I cut out my fabrics and I’m all set to make an adorable shirt for my little girl. Ok, first the pattern difficulty is 4. This makes no sense because it is titled the EASY Empire Waist top, but I digress. I’ve heard this same thought echoed on other blogs as well, so I know I’m not alone in this thinking. It was all fun and games until I tried to add in the lining..and tried again..and then again..and then got tired of trying to make it look nice and went with bias tape to finish my edges instead. I don’t have time to be aggrevated. The rest of the shirt came together easily, but that lining issue was enough to sour me for the whole shirt. This is the first Amy Butler pattern I haven’t been able to finish in a couple of hours. I didn’t add the elastic, and there’s no button on this shirt but I don’t really intend to add these things (well, maybe a snap closure). Overall, I didn’t enjoy making this shirt. I can’t wait to start on some Oliver + S stuff for her summer wardrobe!

By the way, no one sleeve is not longer than the other, it’s just the way the shirt is hanging.

Filed under: Sewing For Babies and Children on April 17th, 2009