A blast from the past...

So for the last couple of days I have been going through my old sca garb and I am surprised at how sloppy I used to be. Granted- I made some of these when I was sixteen or seventeen, but wow!  I have come a very long way in my sewing. Nowadays every seam has to be perfect and don't even get me started on the sleeves.

When I was younger I didn't really know how to put in an inset sleeve and I hated doing them so I either made my mom do them or I would to take all the fullness and fold it into a dart or something equally bulky and messy. Either way they look really funny. Also, none of the edges are finished.  My mom had a serger, but I didn't know how to use if, so all of my seams are raw and stringy.

I guess I should give myself a break. I was just barely learning how to sew back then and I really didn't know what I was doing. There are times now where I still feel like I don't know anything about sewing, but then I look at my old stuff and I can realize that I have grown a lot as a seamstress.

Here are some pics of one of the old dresses that I made years ago. It look all nice and clean on the outside, but you should see the inside!

But the amazing thing is: it still FITS! YEAH!!!!