Dirty DESK

My studio has been a TOTAL WRECK since Christmas.

I just kept bringing stuff up here and

NEVER stopped to put it up..

Hence... my DESKS were ALL

piled beyond any ability to work.

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I've gotten so many new book lately, and

have been about to go CRAZY wanting to try

some of the ideas in them...

BUT as you can see... NO PLACE TO WORK !
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YES... this is my sewing TABLE...

All I can say is "My Goodness"

I'm not sure how it got so TERRIBLE...
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It took me several hours and a whole lot

of figuring out where to put stuff...

BUT.... I got it done!!

My sewing table is CLEAN..

and I wasted no time getting started making "STUFF"
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I've had these 2 t-shirts in the

"cut up to do something else with"

pile for many months..
So.... if I totally screwed them up.... NO HARM done.

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I cut one of them up to use the TOP part,

and the other to use the BOTTOM part..

In hindsight I would have cut the TOP part a few inches lower,

but.... it was my first practice run...
so I just made due with what I'd already cut.
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The BOTTOM shirt was bigger,

so I sewed one big stitch along the top of it and

pulled the thread to make a few gathers so it would be evened up.
Then I sewed the 2 shirts together.
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I used pieces from the BOTTOM shirt to make

the gathering that would go along the collar.
First I cut the pieces into long strips.

Then I sewed a big stitch

right down the middle of the piece.
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I pulled the stitches fairly tight to make fluffy gathers.

I cut 2 strips so I would have 2 rows of gathers.
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Then I sewed the gathers to the collar of the T-shirt.
It's not exactly like the one in Anthropologie...
BUT.. it was pretty fun and WAY easy...
AND after all...... it was my first try.
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Here is my finished shirt
in my CLEAN STUDIO...
Tomorrow I'm making FLOWERS and
maybe even try another shirt...
Until then....
I might just wear this one tomorrow...

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May we never underestimate the CREATIVE power

of a CLEAN room...