Disaster Every Step of the Way

久しぶりに裁縫する気が出たのはいいけど、４か月ぶりの裁縫は、縫い目一つ縫うたびに何かがおかしくて、縫い直し。縫ってはほどき、縫ってはほどき。Tシャツ一つ作るのに一体何時間かかったのでしょう。
完成間際に襟元に穴開けるしね。

I guess my sense of sewing was so way off after 4 months. I was making 2 T-shirts (using the same fabric) and disaster happened every step of the way. I also totally forgot the order of construction: I put the sleeves inside out so I had to unpick the serged sleeves after they were top-stitched with coverstitch; then I forgot to topstitch the raglan sleeves on one arm; then I realized I did not put the neck band until the side seams were sewn, etc, etc, etc. I don't know how many times I had to unpick serged seams and coverstitched seams. Good that I had a cell phone full of podcasts.

I was so close to finishing this T-shirt, then I slit a hole on on the back neck. I was about to throw the T shirt out.

What I found while I was sewing, first time in 4 months, is that I like the construction process, more than the finished product. I like "sewing", which includes all the tedious process of pressing and unpicking and re-doing until I am satisfied.

So I unpicked the two-thread coverstitch on the back neck where the hole was, unpicked the serged seam, lower the neckline a bit to cover the hole, and re-sewed it back.

Phew, it was quite a work for simple T-shirts.