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| McCalls M6241 |
Do you like my new fitted tee shirt? Never mind that its made from a pattern for a floppy draped tunic.
Floppy swathes of draped knit fabric generally do a curvy, five-foot-two-inch girl no favours. But I thought I could finesse this pattern into something that was drapey in the right places and fitted in others, an optical illusion that would make me look svelte and lanky. I'd sort of achieved it, by running it in at the side seams in stages. I had it looking quite good, there was looseness around the upper arms and bust that made it easyfitting and slouchy, with the waist coming in a bit more but still loose. But then I washed it. And it shrunk up heaps. So now I have a perfectly ordinary long sleeve fitted tee very much like others I already own. Oh well, could have been worse, could have been a wadder!
Unrelated: this week I joined a circus. Well, a circus-skills-training class. I want to learn how to do those Cirque de Soleil aerial tricks. Its going to be a very long time before I am able to do anything even mildly impressive but I am super excited about it.
2 comments:
you could totally wear your new fitted tee to circus skills. and then when you're a master at the long drapey curtain thingies, you can make the drapey version of this shirt for your first peformance.
Well, lucky you didn't start with a fitted tee, because at least this way you get to wear it. Have fun at circus school!
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