A WHOOPS AT BACK TO SCHOOL NITE

The plan,

for the 4 of us in the Fine Arts Dept. to wear these T-shirts at Back to School Nite.

We are the number one STEM school in the state of California,

so we wanted the parents to take notice of our Visual, Musical, Digital and Dramatic Arts Dept.

when we were introduced to them in the gym.

Except, 

I don't wear T-shirts.

No matter how large (and this one was),

they don't fit over my short girth.

I have exactly two evenings to figure something out.

I didn't want to let my Dept. down.

Nite one,

I google several sites to show how to make a t-shirt more flattering for us larger sizes.

Nite two,

I cut off the hem on the sleeve bottoms and make a slit up to the shoulder seam,

then tie the ends into a cute knot.

They look terrific.

I find this old silk garment that's from the 1990's that my daughter played dress up in 

and is falling apart and cut it into elongated triangles.

So far so good.

I rip open the side seams of the shirt to sew in the triangles 

only to find the needle in my sewing machine is dull

and snagging the silk.

Noooooooooooooooooo.

And of course all my new needles are at school.

I live 27 minutes away from school if there is no traffic going 80 miles an hour.

It's 9:00 at nite and I need to wear it the next day.

That won't work.

What to do?

What else,

cut out the front and pin it to me at Back to School Nite.

Sorry guys!

It's so hard being a team player.

Ha ha,

but at least I tried!