Weekend = Good

I love graffiti, especially the contrast of a heart and barbed wire.

And, there were long-put-off chores that got accomplished. A few weeks ago I went to my local J.Crew (which I never shop at) and bought a tee shirt for the stupid price of $29.50. Now, in some ways I'm kind of a cheap bastard and I wouldn't usually pay that much for a tee shirt. But it was my favorite cinnamon color (the actual color was called "Moroccan Spice" which you can see here). When I see that color -- and it is rarely -- I will almost always buy the item. So, I bought it and threw it in the wash hoping the long tee would shrink up some in length.

Well, instead what happened is that the lower front hem completely unraveled. So not only did I spend a stupid amount of money on this tee-shirt, but it was now defective. Awesome.

Had it been any other color, I would have taken it back. But I really wanted it, so out I dragged my trusty Bernina sewing machine and the matching thread that I fortuitously had in my sewing basket. The tee didn't shrink in length, so I figured while I was at it, I might as well shorten the whole thing. I carefully measured, then chopped off about an inch and a half. Then finished the cut edge with a honeycomb stitch (recommended by Silvia and worked great). Folded up an inch hem, topstitched it down and called it good.

It is sure nice every once in awhile to have the right skillz and equipment to get a job done.

Posted by claudia on May 17, 2010 09:41 AM

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