Pinspired Project #13 - Part 2

How many days ago did I do the very simple beginning steps of these pumpkin shirts? I have lost track, honestly. After my last post, I did sit down at my sewing machine to work on a satin stitch to outline the pumpkins. I spent an hour or so testing stitches and none worked correctly. I watched Youtube videos. I googled different sewing machine feet. I actually bought a new foot, but it didn't fit my sewing machine. Why can't anything just work right the first time? Is it just me?

I did finally find a good stitch length, tension combination and decided to give it a try. Below was  my result! You can see the right side looks great, or good enough for me. Getting around the curve at the bottom of the pumpkin proved a little tricky for this novice. Then the fabric just wasn't really moving as the machine stitched and you can see how jumbled up the left side got. Side note: When I sew, I am bad about pulling the fabric too tightly so I was trying not to pull and just let it flow on its own. I am sure my technique didn't help this fabric not moving issue.

After what I considered a total failure, I set this aside and let life happen. I spent time pondering whether or not I would try more satin stitching or just use a straight or zig zag stitch. So this afternoon, determined to wash my hands of this and let the girls wear these shirts before Halloween, which is in 4 days, I ripped out some seams and checked out my zig zag settings and went to work. 15 minutes or so later, these were 'complete.'

 

Definitely not perfect and I won't be going into the appliqued shirt selling business any time soon, but wearable for my sweet little girls for a few weeks until their mother is last minute throwing together something Christmas-y. 

 

See my Sources of Pinspiration on Part 1 of this Project.

I had big plans to 'paint' some pumpkins before Halloween. The clock is ticking on that one, too.

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