A Stitch of Sewing

My sewing adventures have finally expanded! It's about time too; I long to make intricately gathered skirts and back-baring dresses and tops and while I'm not there yet, I do believe I am well on my way. I started with a dress made from an over-sized men's button down shirt, tutorial found on transientexpression.wordpress.com. I flew through that with only a few mishaps (mostly because my bobbin thread kept breaking.) although by the time I was finished with the piece I was too angry at the thing to put the last touches on it (the straps). I then went through my closet and was inspired to try my hand at transforming my grandma's muu muu into...something. I was onto something, I tell you, but I messed up a bit there, and made it too tight here, and then I didn't want to even look at the thing so it found a new home in the trash. Clearly, I need to work on my patience. That happened (or, rather, didn't happen) twice, but through it all I learned my way around my machine. Now I'm onto headbands and a simple highwaisted and elastic waist reversible skirt. Photos to come!