Cowboy Shirt So Far (PIX on #9)

[rebbetzin]

Phew! You are a brave and talented woman!

Brave maybe, talented? I am having my doubts! When he put the shirt on last night for me to check the sleeve length, I had put the sleeves on wrong! The small opening for the end of the sleeve, was in the front! Now, I have to undo most of my work from yesterday! I HATE tearing out seams!! And of course I had trimmed them, so it will be harder to keep the fabric under the presser foot!

I am not happy!! The instructions they had in the pattern for the slit opening at the end of the sleeve, looks awful, all bunched and gathered, so after looking at his other shirts, I notice there is a type of placket on all the shirts where the cuff opens up... So, back to the drawing board.

He keeps saying, well , the next one will be easier... WHAT next one???

Of course, now he is thinking I can make him the shirts he wears most to the time,
The guayabera, or Mexican Wedding Shirt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guayabera

Maybe we could do a trade? I make him some shirts and he makes me a new chicken run?

 

[Carol Dee]

Argh !!! I so feel for you. I hate to rip out seams. Even more than I dislike buttonholes and top stiching. Hang in there. You have come this far, you WILL get it. The NEXT shirt looks even more complicated. YIKES.