What should I sew first??

I am a pretty good sewer. I have started a shirt for myself and it has an empire waist and I am having trouble with the gathers. First time to ever do them!! I LOVE YOUR TEDDY BEAR!!!! He is so cute. I can see why you won first place. I have some really cute flannel sat aside to make my teddies out of.

I learned a really cool trick for gathering. Get a piece of crochet cotton and lay it across the area that you want to gather, (make sure that you have it inside the 5/8ths seam allowance- that way you don't catch any of the crochet cotton in the seam, as you will pull it out when you finish with the seam.)then run it through the machine using a zig zag stitch to fasten it in place (make sure that you don't sew through the crochet cotton). Then take one end of the crochet cotton and gently start to gather your fabric. When you get it gathered to your satisfaction pin it to the other piece you are working with. After sewing it together just pull out the crochet cotton and your done...you'll end up with perfect gathers! Mom was swearing at doing some gathering and I told her about that trick. She was thrilled! Thank you so much for the compliment on my bear! I just sent one to a neighbor that is in the hospital with pneumonia and a mass in his stomach. We're all worried because the man is such a sweet guy and would do anything to help you out. I am hoping that it isn't super serious...we've lost so many of the wonderful neighbors to cancer... It is such a pleasure to make them and not only sell them but also be able to give them as gifts to people who need a boost.

I think I am going to do a quick shirt for myself today and then do some aprons. I need some clothes so bad. I have about 5 different fabrics to make me some clothes with.