Sewing: shirts one and two done.

I finished both my shirts and wore the red one today. I felt both comfortable and good.

Here they are:

For the red shirt I wanted where the sleeves attach to the front and back to kind of stand out as it is in my inspiration shirts (see the burgundy and white tops below). I think in my inspiration shirts they have some kind of decorative border attached between the sleeves and the front and back. My grandmother told me to sew the seams in the right side, a thick seam, and she then opened the seam and tucked each border underneath and hand stitched them. It came out real nice and it stands out. Also I hemmed both the bottom and sleeves using double stitch, it came out real good.

My other shirt, the two-tone shirt, came together even faster. First of all I cut it about a seam smaller. It turned out because of the fabric clings to the body maybe that was not such a good idea. I don't feel comfortable wearing it by itself because of my bulges, but maybe by September I would be able to wear it and not be too embarrassed. Also I left the bottom and sleeve as is, no hemming. My mom told me that the skirt she made using the Mauve color one, she didn't hem it and didn't think it needs to be hemmed, so less sewing for me.

I am meeting with my grandmother tomorrow for more sewing lesson.