The Swing Tee tops I had made for Jane and her little sister last summer had gone down so well, that the free pattern from Life Sew Savory was the obvious place to start for Jane's new tops for her birthday. I did a full review of the Life Sew Savory pattern in my earlier post, but I've taken even more pictures now of the making of these two new ones. The one on the left is as the pattern, while the one on the right has had the sleeves extended a little.
For more pictures of making up this great pattern read on.
I had had this lovely border print for some time before deciding what to do with it (sadly, I'd chopped it up before taking a photo, so you can only see roughly what it looked like before I started).
I did cut it a bit fine on the leggings, and you can see how I managed them here. As for the top, I made it in tandem with the other Swing Tee top. So my photos that follow will be a mixture of the two. You can get the fuller description on my first post on the Swing Tee pattern here.
Hand-sewn inside of neck binding
Tab added to back of neckline
Finished neck binding
Laying out the sleeves on the bodice
Sleeve pinned ready to sew
Sleeve seam sewn with triple stitch on sewing machine
Hand sewn hems on sleeve
Outside of hand-hemmed sleeve
Slight mismatch of side seams
Preparing to deal with mismatch
Marking a new curve with dots
Dotted line showing new curve
Cut along the dotted line!
Bottom hem sewn with double needle on sewing machine
Inside of bottom hem
Front and back of large flowered top (note tab in back neck)
Small-flowered top laid and hanging (note longer sleeves)
Granddaughter Jane choosing to wear this back to front in spite of the tab .....
... and persuaded to turn it the right way round!
Jane trying a new mix of styles
Better with just the leggings - though not the matching ones
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