Anyway, enough of me complaining about things I have no control over. I finished making Astrid's shirt. Atleast for the most part. I'm still working on adjusting it to make it fit me perfectly. I hate doing darts and it's really hard to make the shirt fit me perfect when I don't have an extra pair of hands to help (I have set the shirt aside and am going to finish adjusting it when my mom is able to help).
At first I tried to make the shirt without a pattern. I used some scrap fabric (we have piles of scrap fabric in our craft room) and one of my shirts to make my own pattern. I tried so many times but I could not get it to work. My main issue was the fact that I had bought fabric that was not stretchy (Note to self - if possible, get stretch fabric for making shirts). I knew it was going to be an issue when I bought the fabric, but since the fabric was the perfect match for Astrid's shirt, I just needed to find away to work around the issue.
After a day of many failed attempts I found this pattern and decided to use it instead. I felt so much more comfortable using a pattern. This pattern was perfect. The only thing I did differently was add a 'v' to the neckline and I used a zipper instead of buttons.
And here's is my shirt.
I'm really pleased with my zipper. Whenever I do a zipper it always looks horrible but the zipper on this shirt actually turned out perfectly.
Next I'm making Astrid's skirt and I've already started. I definitely feel a lot more confident in my skirt making skills then I do in my shirt making skills.
It's so exciting seeing my cosplay come together!
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