Scarecrow Chic Shirt. Sorta.

You know those projects that seem like a good idea until after you've started and then you decide that no actually that wasn't a good idea after all?  Of course you do.  Those projects are part of hobbies in general.

Most rational sewing people will put the project aside in a UFO pile and move on to happier craftiness.  Me, though?  I'll hang the offending item in plain view and glare at it, refusing to start any other projects (wellllllll, any other human-size projects, 'cause doll clothes are a different realm) until it's finished.

Soooo, yeah



That's what happened when I used this patchwork, finished on December 28

with a thrifted Simplicity 7086

to make this

which I--grudgingly--finished on January 31.

Everything was completely straightforward, the only hiccup was that I was so eager to get it finished that I forgot that there were supposed to be side vents at the hem.   Oopsohwell.  (Also, there was a battle with some bobbin-area lint.  De-lint yer machines, Friends.  De-lint yer machines.)

I like the prints, I like them mixed together, but I don't wear yellow or brown or green...  I might make an exception for Halloween, of course.