Having found a huge roll of some sort of grey soft 'sports' (stretch) material for $4, I tried to have a go at making clothes. I don't know how to read a pattern, so I just sort of freehanded what looked like a singlet top with a racerback. My idea was to have a cord around the neck part so I wouldn't have to worry about sewing that:
It was a bit tight at first, but being stretch it settled into fitting really nicely after about 15 minutes of wear. I decided to make a pretty neck tie part instead of cord. I used some asian printed satin stuff - and had a horrible time making it thin, but got there in the end. After that I decided I needed shorts to match. I made an insert in a sort of waistband thing (I freehanded the shorts too, but did need to re-do the side seam after constructing it wrong the first time). I like how the asian detail on the shorts came out:
And that was it - my first top and pants!
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