hiiii!!!! Soo I'm slowly starting to learn to sew over my summer break. And when I started my summer break, I said to myself, that I want to start to slowly learn to make something I can wear besides a tote bag, lol. :D I made my own tote bag earlier in the spring of this yr, and it came out pretty good for a beginner, and for someone who did it all on their own with no help/tutorials. :D I will post that later. :) The next big thing I sewed was my first shirt! :D I made this shirt earlier this month, on July 7th. :D It was reallly early like around 5 am, and I just couldn't go to sleep, and so I started thinking, I reallly want to MAKE SOMETHING ALREADY!! >.<>I was scared to make it, because I thought I would fail at it. LOL. But I got sooo sick and tired of myself and how I was thinking to myself, IM GOING TO MAKE THE SHIRT TODAY AND THAT'S THAT!!!! So I got up and got my moms Large green plain shirt, and got 2 other shirts, one was a tank top, and the other was a sleeveless shirt. I got those 2 tops, because I used them as examples like as a reference to the shirt I would be making. Like for the neckline and the size of the armholes, and I took what I liked from both of the tops and added them to my shirt I was gonna make. :D I have a habit of jumping in a project without really carefully planning it out. But this time, since I was so scared, I had a different mindset, and I thought to myself, expect to make mistakes, and if I do a mistake, it's okay, because I can make another shirt, and learn from the mistake, besides I'm a beginner, and it's expected to make mistakes, you know? :). Also, another thing about me when I do something new, I expect to be good at everything I try, even like if it's my first time trying it. It's horrible, and then when I'm done with trying the new thing, I get disappointed in myself because it didn't COME OUT GOOD OR AS I EXPECTED!!! >.< Then I sadly get discouraged. But no, not this time. I changed my way of thinking, and slowly and carefully I approached the shirt. :D So yea, I laid down the large green shirt on the floor, put the tank top on top of the green shirt, and traced around the tank, and also made measurements and such. I wanted to try and make a fit shirt, and so yea I sewed it then quickly tried it on with excitement, AND YAYYYYY!!! IT FITTED ME!!! W0000000T!!! LOL :D I WAS SOOOOO HAPPPPY!!! I then took it off, and I started putting edges on the sleeveless sleeves? (ha that sounds funny, I think I said it wrong. :P) and on the neckline. I used my example of the sleeveless top, and took notice of how it was made, and yea I DID IT!!! :D W000t!!! It was easy to make the ends of the sleeveless sleeves? :D The neckline, I had trouble with it. But I know what went wrong. :) I cut the fabric straight, and not curved, like with the sleeve area. -.- But overall, it's not that bad. :D LOL. After I was completely done, I showed my mom my shirt, and she was like........................ :O!!!! SHOCKED & SURPRISED!!! LOL