We learn from our mistakes…..

And what a string I mistakes I managed to make trying to sew Miss Zoe a nightie! Let’s see….1) I cut the fabric with the stretch going up and down the body of the nightie instead of across it, 2) I didn’t realise until I had cut the material that it had a right and wrong side, 3) in an attempt to make both sleeves with the fabric facing the right way I flipped one of them meaning when I started to sew I had 2 left arms, 4) I sewed the side seams of the arms and body first and then tried to put in the sleeves, and 5) I got the seem facing out when I sewed in the first sleeve. Oh, did I mention that 6) I tried to sew stretch fabric on my Auntie’s old sewing machine that is apparently allergic to stretch fabric? I didn’t expect stretch sewing to be easy, but I could hardly get the machine to sew two pieces of fabric together (and yes I did have a ball point needle!). On the plus side, I’m relatively happy with the pattern I made, and Zoe doesn’t seem to care one bit that her nightie could fall off her at any minute! I’m putting all stretch fabric aside until I have a sewing machine that can handle it. Then I’ll try the nightie again, and some matching pants out of this fabric.