I'm so excited about this post! It's not a cooking one! It's a crafty one!!! Finally, I did something other than hang out in the kitchen, although I did plenty of that too this week.
This fall I got suckered into coaching my son's U5/6 soccer team. While I have played for many years (not since I got pregnant with my oldest, who's now 5!), I have never coached, so this was going to be an adventure, both on the field and off. Try wrangling ten 5 and 6 year olds and hoping to instill some sort of love for the game and/or actual foot skills. Yikes!
The off-the-field challenge was entirely unexpected...the league nicely ordered the coaches a matching shirt. Only, mine is an extra large. I'm guessing it's a men's extra large at that. I often wear a women's medium. There's a big difference!!!!! So, I hunted around my favorite site...Pinterest and found this link to altering a too-big shirt. Super easy, and while she swears it took all of 5 minutes, I will admit to a solid half hour. I can sew basic straight lines on cotton, but this was that lovely quick-dry wicking fabric.
First, lay out your too-big shirt, front up. Find a favorite shirt that actually fits you and lay that on top. Line up the necklines. Notice the size difference????
Take some chalk and dry a line about a half inch out from the favorite shirt. I did mine a little bigger only because the black fabric isn't nearly as stretchy as the green jersey fabric.
Cut along the lines. Turn the too-big shirt inside out and line up the seams. Pin. Sew up the long sides and into the arms. Fold over the bottom hem an inch or so and sew. I realize most shirts have a double seam, feel free to do so. I didn't really care since I only need to wear this shirt 8 times this season and then likely not again!
This is the result...much more flattering!
I did do some prep work for my nephew's 1st birthday on Sunday. My sister requested a dinosaur cake them, so this is the sneak-peek...
You've got to wait til next week for the end result...
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