GAP {Dressmaking}

I made a white T-Shirt - at the end of the day there is nothing else to say, my first piece of garment is a white T-Shirt. So how am I going to make this exciting. First of all, I MADE (on my own, with my little hands, no teacher) a T-shirt, for me, at my size - that I am actually wearing.Secondly, it is in jersey and that is pretty good going because it is not the sort of thing I sew everyday. Finally it is the start of new wardrobe, I can feel it! 

 Pattern: Renfrew From Sewaholic

Fabric:  4 way stretch cotton lycra jersey from TissuFabrics (here) - so soft!

Size: I am currently a 12/14 in the UK, and 42 in EU - I made a size 14 (reducing the sleeves a lot but not the body as I like my Tshirts quite long) - and I probably could have got away with a 12.
Result: Love it, totally wearable, and really flattering, much more than an ordinary white Tshirt. I impressed Mr MiH as well! 

I learnt a lot from the pattern. There are a lot of firsts here: sewing with twin needles (breaking one in the process); using twill tape; using my serger properly; making a collar; making a TShirt ... 

And I also made a lot of mistakes - probably all the ones you can think about and more: the wrong side of the fabric is my right side (but I was consistent with that mistake); Putting the binding at the bottom the wrong way round, not aligning the binding at the bottom, not using my serger properly... 

This is a wearable muslin I suppose. I will get better at making those with practice I am sure. The great thing is that I have the pattern now so I can make as many as I want in whatever knit fabric I want. I already some grey fabric for the next one. 

Not sure what pose I was going for there

The fly was not meant to be in the picture

So here we are, my own GAP advert - white Tshirt and GAP jeans, Zara cardigan though...
You will also remember my fashion {Recreate} post - only a skirt away now... 

When I make the next one I will probably document the process a bit more, so who's up for making one with me?