Tunic Fails! (Posted 3 Months Ago)

Note to self: Don't cut fabric at silly o'clock at night... it leads to completely messing up your measurements. Gah! At least it's salvagable, but we shall leave it alone for a few days so we don't ruin it any more. I'm such a doofus, I got several of my measurements backwards and mixed up (I can't deal with numbers) and there is no way that the pattern I cut would fit me. Luckily I made it way too long, so I can just move it up and re-cut the shape for the shoulders/bust further up. And hey, no worries about not having enough fabric for the sleeves. Now I'm going to bed.

EDIT: OK, I've now made it a lot worse because I have apparently measured my hips in the wrong place to start with so I might not actually be able to get me big bum into it at all even though the bust and waist will fit fine. I'm gonna experiment with leaving side slits, but methinks I might hafta just get more fabric and start again. Thus postponing the wearing of it. The fabric is still useable for something else, just maybe not a Peter Pan tunic. d'oh!

I tried Angela's tunic on and it does fit, just. It's a little tight around the old bingo-wings and indeed scandalously short. Double bound (acidentally found a well easy way of getting my binder on/off, score!) my chest doesn't strain too much at the fabric. It's not getting into it that's the problem, it's getting back out of it; but after I stopped panicking I managed it and did no damage to it (I would've fixed it if I had). With some flestone, seam-free magic pants (I refuse to go commando) and not too many sudden movements I could probably wear it. I'm not as much of a chubster as I though I was, cos until I tried it on I never thought it'd fit me at all.

This has essentailly been an excersise in me not being able to measure things without help, which I kinda knew already but was stubbornly trying to be independant and do maths, a subject which I failed. lol.