And He Has a Shirt

Eden has a shirt....  

It should have been an easy one-day affair, but like usual these days, I ran into several issues.  First, when I clipped the neck seams after sewing in the collar, I accidentally cut two small holes into the upper back section of his shirt.  I thought 'here I go again!', since I had done something similar on the last outfit I made, but that time it was a hole in the outfit's sleeve, and I had to pick it apart and make a whole new sleeve.  But this time I was way too far along to rip it all apart. The only option would be to completely start over -or patch the holes. Since the holes were right in the middle, I decided to sew on a little patch....

Then I made the mistake of choosing the eyelets in the evening by artificial light.  I thought I had chosen 'beige' ones to match his shirt, so installed them all. But in the morning light the true colour revealed itself - they were bright yellow!  Eyelets are impossible to remove without ruining the fabric, so I was stuck with them.

​Another thing that occurred to me was that eyelets tend to have 'sharp' edges on the back. I do try to make them as smooth as possible, but there's always the risk of a bit of a sharp edge, and them scratching the doll's resin if the garment is directly on his skin.  So I sewed some narrow strips of the same shirt fabric on the inside of the shirt to protect the doll from the eyelets....

I basted the strips on by hand, then did an extra row of chain stitch over the basting, to hide it.  Then made some cords for the lacing, and Eden's shirt was done....

Now I need to start the next layer of his outfit....