top notch: FINISHED! A pattern mix sugar tee

It all started with one of my sewing plans for this year, which was to remake/replace the disintegrating sugar tee which I loved but made so poorly last year that it started to fall apart. I had two pieces of double gauze at home in the original colour way of the first tee and also a white/grey colour way, so thought it would be good to use up. I also had to go to the fabric shop to get some material for the Charlotte Skirt sewalong starting tomorrow so I put down on my list to get some trim for a new sugar tee. Our plans for the day were pretty light and easy (just a trip to the pool) so I was confident that I could find some sewing time and a simple little tee was just what I felt like doing.
My hunt for material for the skirt was not particularly successful (why is it when I am looking for material to make a particular pattern I can't find anything!?) but I did pick up this cute trim. Ric rac plus crochet!

The trim looked good with the double gauze, but I started playing around with the other fabrics in my stash. I remembered I had a long thin piece of Liberty Angelica Garla A, that I had used to make a top for my sister Christmas 2011. So, I pulled it out and started playing around with matching fabrics for the yoke, first some chambray and then I settled on some striped seersucker which I still had a small remnant of, from a pair of pants I had made for Elliot when he was a baby.

I cut the tee the wrong way on the fabric so that it would fit on the piece of material, but I think the pattern is forgiving in that regard. Also, I lost a bit off the length, but there are advantages to being short! It has the tiniest of hems.

The finished tee is so far removed from what I had originally thought I would make, but I love it! I love the combination of the trim, the stripes and the big bold flowers. Yay, to a bit of unplanned, "organic?" sewing!

P.S. There's no-one around to take a picture of me in it, so an in situ photo will have to come later. I must get a tripod for my new camera!!

8 comments:

dokucugJanuary 13, 2013 at 9:44 AM
Wow, excellent pattern mixing! I really love this!
Kirsty BunfieldJanuary 13, 2013 at 10:02 AM
Thanks so much! It was really fun to do.
Crab&BeeJanuary 13, 2013 at 1:27 PM
I was really into your last Sugar Tee, so I'm glad to see you made another! The colors and patterns look great together; it's so much fun when experimenting with fabric turns up something interesting.
Kirsty BunfieldJanuary 13, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Thanks Morgan, I was so disappointed with my crap sewing on the last one that I still have it in mind to recreate the old one. But this one was a lot of fun!
MichelleJanuary 13, 2013 at 10:06 PM
I love this tee! And that trim is super fun. Well done!
Kirsty BunfieldJanuary 13, 2013 at 10:34 PM
Thanks so much!
2617January 18, 2013 at 9:42 AM
It's really lovely, such a nice style. I was at A2F yesterday and saw the new Liberty range, some gorgeous stuff which I assume you've purchased...
Kirsty BunfieldJanuary 18, 2013 at 4:47 PM
Can you believe I haven't purchased anything yet!! I was preoccupied when I was there in trying to find some fabric for the charlotte skirt that I couldn't focus. Aaah. Also, I'm trying to have a monthly material budget this year and there was so much I wanted.