Finished: Long sleeved T shirt

Based on the Lydia pattern from Burda (as a downloadable for $1), I made this T shirt mainly to see what it would be like to work with jersey. It was ok. Yes, only ok. I used my machine's stretch stitch for the first time which I found tricky but manageable. I did think halfway through that I probably should have used my walking foot but I just couldn't be bothered to unscrew and put it on by that point.

There are some puckers at the neck because I used binding rather than facings. To be honest, I'm not completely enamoured with it and will probably wear it as a base layer under things rather than on its own. It might be the material rather than anything else, it was stretchy but not soft and warm like I thought it was going to be. The top is very comfy tho - I wore it out to dinner last night under a short sleeved jumper dress (sorry, forgot to take a photo) and it was quite cosy.

I'm thinking of making some knickers from the leftover fabric once I get some stretch elastic/lace!

In other cat news, I found Mini lurking in the greenhouse...

...Merky eating the breadcrumbs I'd left out for the birdies...

...and both tinkers fascinated by the smell of our bikes after we'd been out for a ride through the fallen leaves in the park! No idea why!

WIP

This week, I've intermittently been working on my long sleeved T shirt based on the Lydia pattern from Burdastyle

Pieces laid out for sewing together. Mini wanted her feather in the photo.

Instead of facings at the neck like the pattern suggests, I put my quilting skills to use and did a binding - credit for the idea goes to the swingy summer tank top tutorial at Prudent Baby (yes I know it's a kiddie's top but the principle are the same!) There are some slight puckers but I'm hoping it won't be too noticeable when worn.

The finished product will be on here soon! This weekend, I'm planning on finishing this, laying out my pattern pieces for the Cynthia Rowley skirt that I'm making for my sewing class and maybe cutting out the pieces for my muslin (or toile as my sewing teacher says, which is what I'm going to call it from now on) for the Sureau sewalong. Yes, Anna, I did take your advice below - thank you!