green, green garment for me

If the shirt fits…then you can be pretty sure I’ll be making this pattern sometime again. This is Simplicity 4077, view E, sans ruffle. Even though I didn’t do the ruffle, I kept the facing, because it makes the shirt look more finished. I top stitched around the collar for the same reason. I do think the shape of the collar is a little weird—it’s a little of an era, but I’m not sure which one—so maybe I’ll mess with that next time. The pattern also comes with a mandarin collar, but I’m not so sure about that. If I make it again, I might bring the waist up a little bit so it’s more petite. I added 3/4 in. of length though, and I’m glad I did. I decided to do that after looking at many photos of this pattern on flickr. Flickr is so awesome for deciding which commercial patterns to sew because you can see all different body types modeling what you might make. Oh, and the fabric came from Bolt 44—thanks to True Up for alerting me (and other people on the internets) to their existence.

In other weekend news: Elie and I (just the two of us!) carried the old powder blue bathtub out of the old bathroom/future laundry room. Now, it was just steel and not cast iron, but still, I think I deserve some kind of tub hauling prize.

The easter bunny was totally in our yard today. Someone’s very large velvety-brown bunny must have busted out of its hutch. We call him Bob, for Big Old Bunny. He was trying to make friends (very close friends, I presume) with the wild yard bunny who lives under the lilacs. Bob is twice the size of wild yard bunny, and he chased her around the neighborhood all afternoon. We get so much entertainment from the animals.