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always check the errata…
2009 @ 8:16 am
Although in this case, I had more problems than the printed page can be held responsible for. Everything about this project was rushed–and I know myself better than to think it would be smooth sailing. Don’t I?
Baby Kimono by Heather Ross in Weekend Sewing
I traced the pattern to muslin a couple of weeks ago and apparently missed a bunch of markings (or did I?). Consequently, I sewed the sleeves on sideways–they should be short and square. I highly doubt any newborn could squeeze an arm into this thing–it would be awkward, to say the least. I made my own bias tape for this too… three separate times because, while the book calls for 18″ of tape, I needed 1+ yards. Argh. I’m also not sure the instructions for sewing the ties into the side seams is quite clear enough. It indicates you should sew both short ties to face the outside of the shirt. This would render it useless. I sewed as directed on one side and then sewed the other tie to the seam allowance of the opposite side. Hopefully someone will pick up on the errors for the next publishing…
I intend to try again, because even with these setbacks, I had a cute baby gift in a couple of hours! Can’t beat that. Plus I already have a few more cut 
