Zipper Sleeve Shirt: Part 1

The week is finally over and I am enjoying the few peaking rays of sunshine here in Utah. Don't get me wrong, I have loved the rain. And seeing as we are stranded without a car until the end of the week, I've had plenty of time to work on two things: job hunting and sewing projects. One of them I absolutely hate, and I bet you can guess which one that is.

A few weeks back, I posted this picture to my Instagram. I had been searching like a mad woman all over Pinterest for unique zipper shirts. I couldn't find anything that fit what I wanted. So I went and purchased myself a few yards of fabric and two matching zippers. 

The fabric is so soft and it drapes in a flattering fashion. I thought this would be a perfect dress! I used a sewing pattern I had in my stash, stitched everything together and then the unthinkable happened. I hated it! I spent hours crying over my failed project. Devastation and I are not compatible. Somehow during the course of my project, I messed up big time. Branson of course was very sweet, telling me I could still salvage my project, but I needed to look at it with a new eye. I refused to sleep on it. I was a woman on a mission.

So I picked the zippers from the fabric, cut a whole new set of sleeves from the left over fabric, and turned my dress into a shirt. Slowly I started to like it, but I wasn't in love with it. I wanted it to scream, "That's something Janette would wear!". So I finally listened to Branson, and I slept on it. For about a month. Yesterday I decided to dust it off and finish the darn thing.

While I was looking at all of the things I had to do to fix it, I felt really overwhelmed. In fact, I got so overwhelmed I started rethinking the entire project. So hopefully over the next couple of days I'll be able to take one task at a time. Stay tuned to see if I can salvage this project, or if it will be a complete and total bust.