I’m revisiting the Love Notions Laundry Day Tee (LDT). Having to deal with Lipedema, I have to accept things like my hips and thighs are disproportionately larger than the rest of me. I don’t like it, but we all have things we don’t like and have to accept.

I had another revelation relating to all of that while making this second take of the LDT. I had measured my left bicep when I redid all my measurements but didn’t even think I needed to measure both biceps. But the tightness in the one arm made me wonder, and I decided to measure my right as well. I was upset to realize my left bicep is 2 inches larger than my right. It’s another aspect of Lipedema and my fitting challenges.

My last LDT was too tight under the arm and across the bust. I had made a size M with a Full Bust. So for this one, I made a size L also with a Full Bust, but for the sleeves I made a 2X. Even at a 2X, the sleeve wasn’t quite large enough for my left bicep, so I added 1/2″ to each side of the sleeve.

I don’t want to ‘fit’ to the extent that I’m making two different sleeves. Or altering the front of the bodice two different ways. I’m happy with one sleeve fitting well, and one fitting loosely.

Now that you have the background, here’s my LDT. And look at that color! I can’t wait to wear my new Pistachio Freja with this.   I’m really happy with the fit of this, and how the arms don’t look like anything is different. You can’t tell there’s a two size difference there because the arm syce is a 2X as well. The sleeve fits perfectly onto the bodice.Doesn’t that look just like a tee should look?    

I watched a great masterclass by Cashmerette – Grafting Sleeves. I used this class and ‘graphed’ the larger sleeve onto the smaller bodice pattern. And it worked. Perfectly. Yes, I’m really happy to have revisited this and found yet another fitting solution.

Happy creating!