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DAY 12: T shirt refashion sketch

Okay, now I'm getting the groove of my Thing A Day projects and not just trying to work in new product tests formy KimmChi line, but also trying to work on that pile of projects thas has accumulated in my house!

Next up is to make something i can wear out of this great tee shirt that Saul from Bare Tree Designs gave me. It's a really great tee shirt design - but the XL size means that I can wear it, unless I want to wear it to sleep.

Shirt
So I started to make some sketches to flesh out what i wanted to do with it. I knew that I wanted to keep the length of it, but that was about it.
Fashion_sketch
So looks like i'll be modifying the neckline to create a V neck (the present neck is soooo big i have to do something with that. I'll do a bit of a sewn gather in the front area of the shirt. Also a simple drawstring looped into the tee shirt hem that already exists will be easy to do and add a bit of poofy shape that's soin right now, and i can do that with the sleeves as well.
Sketch2
This second sketch shows the redesign a bit more accurately. The sleeves are quiite long and will gather about at my elbows. And the gather at the front won't be cut and resewn, just gathered. I may even leave the bottom hem as is depending on the overall shape after the high waist gathering happenes. Here to Day 9 tomorrow and more sewing!

-Kimm

KimmChi // Screen printed graphic tees and other women's clothing
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Day 10: work on my shop

Top 5 TANGIBLE things to improve my shop.

1. Put my VOICE in my listings to help tell a story!
working on integrating new copy, two listings each day

2. HIRE a photographer
Done! Test photos coming in now

3. Make sure my copy is answering all the questions a buyer has when the visit my shop
still working on this

4. Make sure my policies are up to snuff on Etsy and on my web site.
still working on this

5. Concentrate on two launches a year, spring and fall
My newspring line is coming out now!

-Kimm

KimmChi // Screen printed graphic tees and other women's clothing
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DAY 4: Making Fingerless Gloves

Now that I have my pattern from Day 2, i can start the fun part of choosing fabric and what not! As this is really just a test of new product to come, i didn't put too much thought into how heavy the fabric was or if i could screenprint on it (which would really be more of what i did with it if it turns out to be something that i wanted to integrate into my line.) So I choose a super cool and sparkly fabric frommy fabric stash, pretty thin, that would go great with everything and not really be used as a fight the coldsort of glove, but more of a Fashion accessory.

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The pattern instructions from Burdastyle were pretty rudimentary, with the sample being made from an upcycled sweater, which didn't need hems. So with mine, I made sure to add a seam allowance to all edges. I pinneed and ironed and then sewed the top and bottom hems. The thumb area was a bit tricket, but i treated it like an arm hole, and sewed up thet hem as well (without pinning, there was really no room!).

Ironandpin

By now, they are looking pretty good and almost done! Now I just make sure to fold them in half - outside side together. Pin a  couple of times, just to get the slippery fabric together, sew up, and i'm done.

Fingerless_glove

I'm really pleased with the way these came out and am definitely thinking of adding some fleece lined black jersey ones with my gray deco design to my winter line.

-Kimm

KimmChi // Screen printed graphic tees and other women's clothing
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