Textiles, Week 8: Kid’s T-Shirt

  1. Brief Overview of what you did this week, including photo documentation of process.

This week, I added my sleeves onto the shirt. I thought this would be hard, however it ended up being easier than the collar. After the 2 sleeves, I began on my collar. The collar took me a couple tries to complete however I managed to finish it before the week ended.

2 . Your biggest struggle of the week.

Hands down, the hardest part of my week was the shirt’s collar. It took me the lots of time to pin the collar on properly, and I needed some assistance from Mr. Rossington. Once it was properly pinned, I sewed it. However afterwards, I realized that the seams were not perfectly aligned and there was a wrinkle in the fabric that made my project look unprofessional. So I decided that it was worth my time to seam rip the collar and start again. This time, I aligned the seams and used essentially all the pins I had to ensure that it would budge or have wrinkles. The second time around, it turned out much more tidy and I felt more professional about my work.

3. Your biggest success of the week

My biggest success of the week was that I re-did my collar. In the moment, re-sewing it was the last thing I wanted to do. However, I really enjoyed how my shirt turned out because it looked more tidy. I think I will be prouder of my outcome.

4. Goal for next week.

My goal for next week is to finish my shirt, and hopefully begin my shorts.

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