Bats & Starbusts & Migraines

Sewing Rule Number One: DO NOT SEW UP A NEW PATTERN WITH A MIGRAINE… Have you spotted the reason for this rule yet?

I’ve been wanting to try out this pattern, Butterick B6870, ever since it was first released, and this inexpensive Halloween print I picked up on sale from @joann_stores with cute bats and a retro atomic print seemed like the perfect fabric to pair with it!

However, this also wound up being my lesson not to sew a pattern for the first time with a migraine… Because I forgot to attach the collar at the shoulder seam! Yikes! The kind of pointy look works for me for Halloween, but I won’t be making this mistake on my next iteration of this pattern!

In addition to completely messing up the collar, I (purposefully) made it narrower. I’m proportionally smaller through the shoulders and I was afraid the larger collar would eat me alive, so I just took a bit of the width out there.

-Pattern is Butterick B6870

-Fabric is “Johnny Yanok Bats & Starbursts” from JoAnn Fabrics

-Hair flower is from Shazam Vintage Pinup Hair Flowers

-Jewelry is Splendette

-Brooch is Erstwilder

-Shoes are from Torrid

-Belt is from Target