I’ve been feeling crappy but I have been surprisingly productive. I’ve sewn up a little top for Isabelle from the Japanese craft book ISBN 4579110544. It’s very adorable but I’m afraid it’s all wrong. I could not figure out what I was supposed to do for the neckline. It’s supposed to be gathered and have a tie. I had no clue how it was supposed to be made so I improvised and put in a buttonhole and threaded the tie all around the neckline and pulled it to make it gathered.

And the pockets don’t look right either. They are supposed to be more gathered and ummmm…not lopsided and funky.

And the sleeves. Yes more gathered. Mine look all wrong.

I didn’t know about the seam allowances and just fudged my way through it all. I would like to make more clothes from here but I must really know what the directions say and not just go at it blindly.

Does anyone have a clue? Here is page 1, page 2, and the directions from the beginning of the book. Anyone read Japanese? Any suggestions would be most helpful!!

Oh and of course taking pictures always involves miss grabby!