Thursday Shirt Knock-Out.

Good morning ,Blog Family,
I am so sorry I did not post yesterday - but , it was just one of those days that seemed to have more to do on your plate than I did "time to accomlish it all with". :) Plus, I had something trying to pounce on me and make me sick. I was just miserable all over and even my eyes were hurting and when I work up they were almost glued shut. I even went to bed a little early last night and I feel like it has helped. I don't have time for a bug - and I just need a Big Bug-Swatter!!!!!!! :)

This machine was the one I had before the one I use now. It is a sweet little machine -but I just wanted a needle threader and the ability to show down my stitching so I could have better concentration on it. But,  I pulled it out just to see if it had the ability to make the satin stitch that I was needing -no it did not . I was very puzzled because I thought I had used it to make several pretty flags with ???? Hum? Must no though- I need a new chip in my brain and probably more memory also.

I went into the sewing room with high hopes that things would co-operate with me this morning . I was not going to have high hopes - was just intending to be grateful "for the ride"!When I treat sewing as this -I enjoy it and do not get upset because I am just taking it one stitch at a time. This shows a piece of knit that I used to test out the stitches on my little Janome De'cor Computer . I needed the satin stitch -and I finally did get a satin stitch-But- with complications. The top two test almost made me give -up-But the one below brought my hopes back up. I have used stabilizer on all of the embroidery work-but never thought of it for sewing-Guess I was wrong and now I am more enlightened.

Now, I have laid down the front shirt piece and on top of it and my disasterous design-then on top of that the piece that I have practiced the design on a separate piece of fabic with stabilizer between and I intend to draw a circle around my whole circus ..

It's hard to see, but I drawed a circle using the plate as a guide. I hope to satin stitch around the mark? We will see how it goes.

Well, we both can see - it did not go right. It was perfect around until it got to the bottom and then it did all this puckered stuff???

AAAAAHHHH - now I see what happened -the pretty stitches were on top of the stabilizer , but when it got to the bottom it ran out of stabilizer.

SOOO, I just have to rip out those bottom seams(this will be tough for me because of my poor eyesight.) But it has to be done and then see IF I can make it look neat ?????

Wellllllllll//////????? It does not look as neat as I would like. It looked better with just plain lavendar thread - BUT - I thought it would look better with a little Bling - so I added the metalic thread and now I don't like the way it makes it pucker up? I asked DH and he did not like it either-but he helped me stretch it and then heat treat it  and it looked nicer -but I am afraid that it will return puckered - so I just stuck it in the laundry and see what it looks like then? GOSH! I sure am glad that I enjoyed sewing today -because it has been one little lesson at a time???? If it does not come out decent I will just have to find me a different piece of knit to remake the front.

Well, I better give it up because our youngest son and his wife have bought us some groceried and we are going to pick them up-plus, that way I can take Meagan her "baby items".

Love to all!