My favourite top

I have a favourite t-shirt pattern …. Violet Rose, by Ottobre.  Once I had faffed about with the sizes, figured out that I have small shoulders in comparison to my chest and hips, and that my body is a bit short, and therefore the pattern needed to be altered, I was all good.  Now its officially a T’n’T (Tried and Tested), and my first thought when I want a quick project.

I have decided that I needed a good batch of t-shirts this summer,  some to coordinate with work clothes, and some for general weekend wear.  I also decided that I needed to change the round neck for this pattern, to a v-neck.  V’s look better on me, or at least I think they do.  So I did some drafting to alter my favourite pattern to a v-neck.  I plan to add a post with instructions on how to do that, later this weekend.

So …. to start with, always a muslin.  Pick out some unremarkable self stripe knit from the stash, and start sewing.

Then the favourite fabric, a beautiful delft blue floral print from ebay in England.  Thick and dense, this one will take years to wear out.

And then finally some grey/green knit, found on a garage sale table.  This one is a coordinate for the cord skirt, finished a few weeks ago.  I knew I would have trouble with this skirt, and sure enough, getting a match for the colours in the print has been problematic.  Its such a strong print, that it overwhelms.  The top doesn’t quite match up, but I feel it has the same tones, and therefore compliments the colours.   Of course, being such a indeterminate colour, I didn’t have any matching thread, so I used some variegated thread I had for a special project at the start of this year.  If nothing else, it adds interest, but it also picks up on the colours in the skirt without screaming “matchy matchy”.

I have some more fabric destined to become the same sort of shirt.  I know its probably poor design to have a lot of the same style, but to me its comfortable, reliable, and it fits me without making me look like a whale.