Friday, March 4, 2016

Ok, it's more tshirts, but indulge me, here. It's my birthday!

And, here I am on my way to my birthday crab cake in Stuart.  Skirt is a Chicos copy in French terry.

Tshirt fabric is from Harts Fabric in Santa Cruz and is 100% delightfully soft cotton.  I copied a J. Jill shark bite t.  This picture shows the the full "bite". Thank you, Sheila, my faithful assistant.

So, I was trying to think how I could not bore you with yet another tshirt post.  They are my fav. Thing to wear and get old, so I do make a lot of them.

Anyway, the one new thing about tshirt construction I learned this year (never too old,  etc.) was to use Steam a Seam II in the hems.  Again, my sewing guru, Sandra Betzina taught me this, recently.  It is an incredible product but don't be fooled by look a likes, like this Pellon product That was all Jo Anns carried in PSLucie, FL, where we winter and in spite of its cover ad, this is a sticky, guncky product.

You can order the genuine article from Jo Anns website .  Order before you need it, as they are very slow shippers.  But, it beats standing in line forever at the store for sure.  They have free shipping ever once in a while, too.

One more completed t.  This is a Fresh Produce fabric from Fabric Fairy.  The Fairy actually emailed me and said they had a bunch of these cottons just in.  Love their prints.  Pattern is my Wild Palms copy.  Matching flowers was a challenge, for sure.

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