Me a shirt to test the fabric

Some days it just does not seem like there is enough of you to go around and when that happens it seems like one day runs into the next day and you have trouble keeping up.

That is the way I have felt the last couple of days. It really amazes me how fast we all age and do not realize it-until you have a birthday to mark it for you!

I did all the usual things that everybody has to tackle each day - food , laundry , floors and all of my critter chores. Then we had to go to town and I was so grateful to just make it home. We ate and I collapsed in a chair- but I could tell that I needed to sew . It was calling to me  and that other little voice was telling me that it was too late and I would just be wasting my time! I let this brain game go on for a while - until I decided to stand up for what I thought was right and headed to the sewing room.

I have been wanting a shirt for me because it is my goal that in the future my entire wardrobe will be created for Linda - by Linda!(Unless someone else wants to contribute! :)
I had a different piece of gray knit to use and I wanted to see how it behaves??? I was at temping to sew the sleeves on and I knew I was already challenged because after dark I have trouble deciding which is the right side?????

A little trick I have been using is when I am working on a project for myself  that I  attempt to practice out a technique that I am weak in or have yet to learn On this one I used a blind hem stitch to stitch up the hem at the bottom and around the sleeves.

Also I found this fabric to be a lot stretchier than I had imagined. I will have to tuck that up under my cap! LOL

I had fallen in love with this design when I used it for a friends birthday present . One thing I did learn from last year when I sewed a shirt for myself - I had always put animals on my shirts and I decided to try something different with a really pretty green knit that I was really drawn to . I was so excited that I could hardly wait to complete it. I hung it up to critique it -it was flowers and they were really pretty -but for some reason - I just lost interest in it. That was when I learned that I had to use animals to make me happy. That shirt was an extra large and it is still hanging up to this day??? We human beings are such  complex creatures.

Our weather here today was beautiful -it was 60 degrees and still you can feel all this warmth and look around and see the snow on all the hills. It must be staying around for a reason???? :)