If there's one thing you can count on, it's that when I stop remembering my last tshirt binge sew, it's time for another one! I don't know why I can't just stick to my TNT tshirt patterns, because I definitely have a few...there's a unicorn out there...
In this binge I sewed:
-The Lane Raglan
-The Woodstock swing tee, a free pattern by Hey June in teen sizes up to size 16
-The ebony, low neck version A since I had made the raglan sleeve top during my last binge
-plus the Instinc-Tee by Sasha from Secondo Piano, also a free tshirt. You can find it here.
This particular binge sew had me thinking about serial sewing - you know, when you sew one new pattern 3 times? Everyone who blogs really well made things...they all do it. And they kind of duck their heads in embarrassment and say, well, you know, I made one so then I had to make a few more! I think that's actually a genius way of instinctively riding your enthusiasm for a new pattern until you get it to fit - because the truth is that no pattern is going to magically fit. (I'll write about my Alabama Chanin experiments soon...)
Lane Raglan:
Size: S
Scrap of merino +? silk?
Verdict: great fit at the shoulders, way too long, and the front and back are easy to confuse.
Version 2, which is actually the tshirt I've been envisioning for the past 6 months and which was the cause of both of the last 2 tshirt binges.
Fabric: liberty jersey
side panels: merino blend jersey
I shortened by 4" and removed the curved hem. I sewed this last thing at night, and you know, I did say something like the front and back are easy to mix up. Right? So my binding is on backwards. I'm very grumpy about this, but I'm trying to convince myself it's a design feature.
Woodstock tee, size 16:
free pattern!
Free fabric! (Thanks Tessa.)
I'll make the sleeves a bit longer next time, otherwise this is great!
Ebony, size 2:
fabric: silk blend, still lots left over
verdict: wtf this is short...
I also found the arms really really tight.
In this binge I sewed:
-The Lane Raglan
-The Woodstock swing tee, a free pattern by Hey June in teen sizes up to size 16
-The ebony, low neck version A since I had made the raglan sleeve top during my last binge
-plus the Instinc-Tee by Sasha from Secondo Piano, also a free tshirt. You can find it here.
This particular binge sew had me thinking about serial sewing - you know, when you sew one new pattern 3 times? Everyone who blogs really well made things...they all do it. And they kind of duck their heads in embarrassment and say, well, you know, I made one so then I had to make a few more! I think that's actually a genius way of instinctively riding your enthusiasm for a new pattern until you get it to fit - because the truth is that no pattern is going to magically fit. (I'll write about my Alabama Chanin experiments soon...)
Lane Raglan:
Size: S
Scrap of merino +? silk?
Verdict: great fit at the shoulders, way too long, and the front and back are easy to confuse.
Version 2, which is actually the tshirt I've been envisioning for the past 6 months and which was the cause of both of the last 2 tshirt binges.
Fabric: liberty jersey
side panels: merino blend jersey
I shortened by 4" and removed the curved hem. I sewed this last thing at night, and you know, I did say something like the front and back are easy to mix up. Right? So my binding is on backwards. I'm very grumpy about this, but I'm trying to convince myself it's a design feature.
Woodstock tee, size 16:
free pattern!
Free fabric! (Thanks Tessa.)
I'll make the sleeves a bit longer next time, otherwise this is great!
Ebony, size 2:
fabric: silk blend, still lots left over
verdict: wtf this is short...
I also found the arms really really tight.
So I made another one! I lengthened the pattern 2 inches, but I made sleeves out of the tiniest leftover bits so they were just as long as I had fabric for. This fabric is a difficult scrap - it's a rayon blend, which is almost cheeseclothy, and it hates the sewing machine, it hates being touched, but it kind of sticks to itself...anyway I tried not to touch it too much and I'm definitely not hemming it. One of the maps on the sleeve is upside down but all the body pieces are right side up! Tetris score!
And here is the Instinc-Tee. It is size XS and I have shortened the pattern somewhat.
This counts as one of my TNT patterns. I had enough flowers left over to do it! I've found it works really nicely under scrubs.
As I was photographing this with my Dawn jeans I realised I've just hit the epitome of sewing: I've mastered jeans and tshirts. I basically never need to buy anything again. (Hah! As if.)
Until the next tshirt binge!
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