Another HSM Shirt

There hasn't been a lot of sewing going on around here this week, but I did manage to finish up a UFO that's been taking up valuable space on the end of my ironing board. This is Simplicity 2836, AKA the High School Musical Shirt:
This is version 3 (version 5 if you count the two boy's shirts I made from the same pattern.) The first version was view D. For the second version, the princess made some customization requests. And for this version, she requested basically the same shirt, but with the trim applied in a "rounded square." Her wish is my command.

It's taken me months to finish this. Not because it's hard, but because it took that long to find a suitable trim to cover the lace header with. Unfortunately, when you put a project on the back burner, it tends to get forgotten about.

At this point, I'm just so happy to have it done. I ended up using lime green baby rick rack to cover the header. I was in a hurry to finish it so I didn't bother piping the front bands, I just used a decorative stitch on my machine and contrasting thread to jazz it up. I'm not thrilled with it.

It's not even all that noticable. Oh well. The fabric is a super nice quilting cotton I got at Hobby Lobby ages ago, and was actually left over from another project. This little top finished it up and now my stash is that much closer to being under control.

I'm tired of this pattern, but I probably will make it again. It's perfect for using up fabric when you only have about a yard and a half of it, and it really does lend itself to customization so you can use leftover bits of lace, rick rack, piping, what have you. Plus, it's adorable when it's all made up and quite wearable for school, church, etc. And I have some aqua blue cherry print fabric left over that would look so awesome with red rick rack...

In other news, I finally got my vintage dress cut out and I started putting it together:

Stay tuned for an update soon. In the meantime, Happy Sewing!