Xanga has already eaten two posts this morning. I had things to say on taxidermy, cake, success, and why church musicians don’t pay attention in the service.
There will be no effort expended this time, though, I can tell you that. I’ll just show you my sewing.
As you can see, the top looks like a nightgown. I made the view that gathers onto the yoke, and I didn’t gather it very successfully. I blame this on the fact that it is a knit fabric. Not that there’s anything wrong with knit fabrics; I think they may just require skills I don’t have.
The upside is that it also feels like a nightgown. I can wear it on those days when I feel like staying in my nightie.
Since it already looked like a nightgown, I attempted to hem one of the sleeves by machine, and I regret it. But can I justify going to all the trouble of using hem tape when it looks like a nightgown?
I know there are more skillful seamstresses out there, and I hope you’ll have wise words for me.
Since I have my sewing machine out, though, I think I’ll make another in a smaller size and see if that helps.
I think it’s the color.
hey, i think you’ll like the 2nd one even better. most things improve with experience, right? what color will the next shirt be?
I have no words of wisdom but I do wish you luck on it!
I’m glad you had a fun 4th of July and I am looking forward to your posts when xanga doesn’t decide to eat them. 
It is looking very smocky, isn’t it? I stretch my knits out and use a long stitch when I sew them on the regular machine with no differential feed settings. That seems to fix the puckering. That’s all the wisdom I have for you, though. So far I’ve had luck with knits, but I also have a serger. But I wouldn’t chalk it up to skill.