Why is it that you can jump the big jumps but fall on the little ones

[Gernella]

I've done  three big projects (for me) and barely faltered and yet  when I come to something simple that I can nearly knock off in a good afternoon, I balls it up.   A simple top, made probably a dozen times  with either long or short sleeves. 

Everything hunky dory until I came to the sleeves.  I remember when pinning the pattern a random thought fluttered across, but I wasn't listening.  Body done, sleeves stitched at the sides, I was pinning to coverstitch the hem when the penny dropped, it was way too short.  I'd cut at the wrong point on the pattern.  Spitting feathers at my mistake I got a band ready for each sleeve and sewed on.  Pressed ready to hem again, then I looked at it and thought, what was the point of a bodge job when I had more than enough fabric for another complete set of sleeves.

Well I've finished now and it looks fine.  What is annoying is that I use this sleeve so often that I've cut a new pattern piece  for it in fleece and I'd completely forgotten to use it.

Mind you, I've never even tried it on yet, I hope it fits!

DH has volunteered me to finish off a shortened dress for his sister (a very sad reason why she's not doing it), so simple, it's frightening me!

[sewingj]

I`ve just finished making some loose trousers.  All went well  until I turned up the hem.  I worked out that they needed to go up by about 2 inches - so I gaily chopped 2 inches off - leaving nothing for the hem!  Have now sent for some bias binding to put on the bottom of the trousers so I can make a teeny weeny hem

[wrenkins]

Oh @sewingj I did that but on a grand scale. My sitting room has two giant windows and I spent many of my precious beans on ceiling to floor, double width curtains, came home and did exactly what you just did! I Wonderwebbed the piece back on! 
@Gernella I think it's because you relax and let your concentration slip. I once had a pair of boots with mid-height heels and I wish I had a fiver for every time I went over on my ankles. High heels no problems but those wee low jobbies masquerading as flats... Got me every time.

[Ploshkin]

I managed to get 2 different length sleeves on a top when I had cut the piece out of double fabric.  Goodness knows how I did it, one was 2" shorter.  It ended up with 3/4 sleeves.

[BrendaP]

I`ve just finished making some loose trousers.  All went well  until I turned up the hem.  I worked out that they needed to go up by about 2 inches - so I gaily chopped 2 inches off - leaving nothing for the hem!  Have now sent for some bias binding to put on the bottom of the trousers so I can make a teeny weeny hem

Could you not have just sewed the two inches back on and used that as a false hem?

[Gernella]

Come to think of it I seem to remember in the distant past boobing on some curtain shortening and having a half inch turn up and the rest tape.  At least as fast as we see the boob we  are planning how to resuscitate and not throwing the towel.

I was using some lovely Art Gallery jersey, which I might add is a dream to coverstitch with, no tantrums at all.

[Flobear]

I discovered last evening that I had had sewn the buttonhole on the wrong end of the cuff of the shirt I was wearing. It's been on there the best part of a year but as it's a summer garment I only recently started wearing it and I usually turn the cuffs up. Think I'm going to bodge it on the very patterned fabric by sewing up the buttonhole and making one on the correct end!

[Morgan]

Bah - 3rd time making this blouse.  The collar involves some mental olympics and that's fine but I've put the same sleeve in the wrong side twice already !   Time for bed.

[Ohsewsimple]

I think @wrenkins is right.  If it’s simple, you relax and don’t concentrate like you should. 
I have made countless pairs of light drapey, elasticated waist trousers from one of my patterns I made years ago.  Over the years the pattern has been enlarged, leg shape altered and recently made considerably smaller. However, in all of this I KNOW that my right side needs about an extra 1cm added at the top of the side seam. But several times I have forgotten.  It’s written in the pattern but still I forget.