I don't know about you but every time I hear that Rod Stewart song it brings a wee tear to my eye! I am all about the
Grainline patterns at the moment - this is my second Scout Tee and I have a Tiny Pocket Tank maxi-dress I need to blog about too.
So this is another Scout for the
Scout sewalong over at Kollabora. This is one of those items of clothing that the first time I wore it out I just felt so me, do you know what I mean? It's really comfy and easy to wear and teamed with grey trousers, my favourite summer jacket (£5 from Primark about 6 years ago and still going strong!), and my blue clogs this was a really simple but smart outfit for work. This time I used a lovely Japanese double gauze I bought from
M is for Make. It was £16 a metre but I had a 15% discount so it was £13.60. It was my first time using double gauze and it's lovely and soft though it does fray easily as well. I already had the fabric but I had to buy thread, say £2, so all in this only cost me about £16 and I know I'll get lots of wear out of it. I'd be hard pushed to say which version I prefer out of the 2 I've made so far as I love them both!
Not much to say about the construction of this except I made the same adjustment under the arm and lowered it a cm or so. I used
Jen's tutorial for the French seams again - though stupidly forgot to use it for attaching the arms so ended up using the overlock stitch on my machine afterwards. This really is such a satisfying make, and I love the shape of the top. Next time I'm going to try
Jen's full back tutorial to give me a bit more leeway as my pregnancy progresses (thanks to
Amanda for the tutorial link)
Hi Kathryn your top is lovely I'll definitely need to look at the pattern and your fabric is great! I enjoyed reading your award post and congratulations on your pregnancy! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Eilidh! I can totally recommend the pattern and looking at the Kollabora sewalong there's been some great variations on it too including a dress version.
DeleteAah yes, Rod Stewart, agree that does bring a tear to my eye! Love your top! Double gauze is so lovely and soft isn't it, but I agree, it frays so much!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kirsty. I did like using the double gauze and at least now I know how much it frays!
DeleteCute print!!
ReplyDeleteIt is isn't it, I just couldn't resist when I saw it but it took me a year to decide what to use it for!
DeleteI love that print.
ReplyDeleteNice bump! Until now, you didn't look pregnant at all. Looking forward to seeing you in less than two weeks. Yay! x
Yes, I kind of wish I'd bought more now as it would be lovely and soft for baby clothes! Really looking forward to seeing you too! x
DeleteThe anchor fabric is adorable!
ReplyDeleteHi Zoe, thanks for commenting. Just had a look at your blog and I love your braided bead bracelet tutorial!
DeleteLove that print Kathryn, it's perfect for a scout tee :)
ReplyDeleteHi Hazel, isn't it gorgeous! I really wish I'd bought more of it!
DeleteSuch a perfect little tee. That print is adorable! Thanks for sharing where you bought it. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Becca! I do like the M is for Make shop as it's very easy to navigate and they have an easy search tab for dress-making fabrics so you don't have to go through all the quilting ones too.
DeleteIt's gorgeous, I LOVE the anchor fabric!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kristina! I love the fabric too and think it might have started a wee nautical obsession!
DeleteLove your top, it really shows off the fabric you've chosen. I have a of this fabric - fell in love with the lickle sailing boats. Might have to press the buy button now!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'd really recommend double gauze fabric as I've been wearing this top a lot during my pregnancy and it's so soft and comfortable.
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