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Sew a shirt - PEP BB textile.straw.sew.shirt

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This badge bit (BB) is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in textiles.

In this project, you will make and sew a shirt.

Minimum requirements:
  - will be made from woven fabric (not knit)
  - will have a button front
 
To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pics or video (< 2min):
  - The fabric and tools you will use for your shirt
  - Sewing the shirt
  - Wearing the finished shirt, made to fit
 
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Dave Luke
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I've been wanting to try sewing my own shirts for a while now and I think this is a good first attempt. I based the pattern on I shirt I already have. I hand sewed the button holes because my machine has a stitch for it but only Good knows how to work it. In my model picture please excuse all the wrinkles, my cat slept on it the night before.
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Fabric for shirt
Fabric for shirt
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Progress
Progress
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Hand sewing button holes
Hand sewing button holes
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Wearing the shirt.
Wearing the shirt.
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Does a dress count here? It's button-up!

This is my first try sewing apparel. I think it went pretty well.

The fabric is organic cotton and the thread is cotton as well. I actually ran out of white thread about 3/4 of the way through and so some of the thread is pink.

Let me know if this will not count for a shirt BB and if there's any other thread it would do better on. Thanks!
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Got a pattern. Asked my sister-in-law to verify that I am supposed to cut these pieces out before I ruin the pattern.
Got a pattern. Asked my sister-in-law to verify that I am supposed to cut these pieces out before I ruin the pattern.
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Started cutting out pieces. Wasn't sure if I was supposed to cut out this piece (called a "dart"?).
Started cutting out pieces. Wasn't sure if I was supposed to cut out this piece (called a "dart"?).
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Ironing the fabric. Garbanzo is helping me out.
Ironing the fabric. Garbanzo is helping me out.
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Cutting out the pieces!
Cutting out the pieces!
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Starting to sew the pieces together. I struggled to figure out how to mark the places where the pieces were supposed to fit together but I think I've got a better sense for next time.
Starting to sew the pieces together. I struggled to figure out how to mark the places where the pieces were supposed to fit together but I think I've got a better sense for next time.
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Here it is half done.
Here it is half done.
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Sewing on the buttons.
Sewing on the buttons.
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My first buttonhole. This was nerve-wracking cutting into the fabric worrying that it would be too big.
My first buttonhole. This was nerve-wracking cutting into the fabric worrying that it would be too big.
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By the time I got to the ninth (last) buttonhole, my sewing was definitely cleaner.
By the time I got to the ninth (last) buttonhole, my sewing was definitely cleaner.
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Here it is with all of the buttons!
Here it is with all of the buttons!
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Finished dress (front)!
Finished dress (front)!
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Finished dress (back)!
Finished dress (back)!

-Halley

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