Nothing says sad like a Minnie tee that is majorly big.
Seriously. She’s pathetically depressed, isn’t she? Just breaks my heart to see her so sad.
Having Visualitee sold out of XS wasn’t going to stop me from my girlies having super cute tees for our big family trip—tees that come to life, mind you, for those slow times in line.
Size Small, 6/8 is the smallest you have? No problem.
I laid that shirt on the floor inside out. Note the random rainbow loom rubber bands scattered around it. I believe they have become permanent parts of my flooring throughout the house. Because they do not make me scream in pain like Legos do, I just see them and look away. Whatever. Ain’t nobody got time for caring about that.
Back to the shirt…
I pinned the shirt about an inch all the way around, from the ends of the sleeves, to the arm pits, and right on down each side. Then, I got out the machine, actually took the time to change the thread to white and pushed the pedal to the medal.
After I did a straight stitch along where I pinned everything on both sides and had the little lady try it on to be sure I had taken it in enough, I played with some dials on the machine and discovered a fun little zig zag stitch. So, for kicks, I did that stitch outside the straight stitch so that it would look a bit more finished. After I did that, I cut right along the edge of that stitch.
Sides. Done. But, it was still a bit long. So, I folded the right side in, being careful that I was leaving enough room that Minnie’s shoes would still look good and not right up against the hem. I used a straight stitch about an inch in and then another row of a straight stitch right next to it to give a more finished/less my-mom-altered-this-tee look. Then, I just cut off the extra material close to the stitch; jersey won’t fray.
Done. A majorly big Minnie tee now perfectly mini in under 45 minutes…which would have been less had I actually focused on one task at a time which apparently is impossible for me to do.
Now she’s happy. Really. No faking.