Minne Mouse in the House!

Update:  Serger arrived.  I pulled the machine out of the box.  I read both accompanying manuals.  I memorized all the parts' names.  Then I became intimidated and put the machine in the cupboard and pulled out the old broken sewing machine to make this sweatshirt refashion:
 

 

I am a whimp (that's wimp with an 'h' to emphasize wimpiness).  The good news is that Momo is coming this week to help me overcome my serger drama.  Thank you, Momo!!! 

My old machine's thread broke a few times during this project, but it was imperative that I have this sweatshirt for our Disney trip just around the corner.  It started life as two Kohls-Cash specials:

My eldest Dear Daughter thought the plaid top looked like a onesy for a lumberjack.  I thought it looked like a skirt for my Minnie Mouse upcycle. 

No gathering this time - the broken sewing machine would not stand for it.  Instead, I just sliced off the bottom of the plaid tee and serged it under the sweatshirt band (sans serger).  It's a little more puckered than I was hoping for, so I tried to draw attention away from that by making the three-dimensional bows.  Here's the one in the back:

I'm sensing a theme inspired by the Arial tee-redo.  Can't wait to see what Mickey thinks of it...