finding the perfect tee

I've discovered Fabworks.co.uk have a great selection of cotton knits for a fiver a metre. And they are great for trying out tee patterns to match my jeans. Awesome! 

I had to have the skulls, right? And this pattern is a new (to me) free one from Sewing Cake - The Tee, no 2224. 

I wasn't sure about the smaller neck hole but it works nicely, actually! And I like the cuff at the bottom. This pattern is half self-drafting. You join the dots to your measurements and decide your length yourself so its very customisable. I kept it short to sit on my jeans - it's a wee bit too short but I can fix that next time! It's a dolman sleeve, too (like a kimono) so no sleeve pieces. Yays! 

Speaking of kimonos, this one is a remake of my favourite Maria Denmark Kirtsen kimono. No changes, just right out the packet. The fabric is a viscose knit from the Village haberdashery.

I'm now wondering what it would be like with a hem band like the skulls. I have a length of swallow print cotton, that might be what happens with that. 

I also made this chap which is a MiY Brightside Shrug. I absolutely love it - it's such a handy piece to own.

Here it is worn at the weekend with my Morgan jeans and that striped tee above.

Yes, that is very much my style! So I think I'm pretty good for holiday clothes now. I might have found the perfect hoodie pattern after much searching and a grey and green striped fleece sweatshirt knit but that has to wait til next week for payday. I can sew one piece in ten days, right? Right. *nods* And my search for the perfect tee continues.

Garment deets:

skulls tee

Pattern: Sewing Cake The Tee no.2224 

Fabric: cotton knit from Fabworks, 1m

Size and changes made: size 36, 25 hem, no changes apart from construction - I added the neckband in the round because I like the finish better 

striped tee

Pattern: Maria Denmark Kirsten kimono tee

Fabric: viscose stripes from the Village Haberdashery, 1m

Size and changes made: size small, no changes

grey shrug

Pattern: MiY Brightside Shrug

Fabric: grey mark interlock knit from Ebay, 1m

Size and changes made: size , no changes