Another Scout Woven Tee inspired top

Here's another simple cotton top using the Scout Woven Tee as inspiration. The fabric is a Japanese lawn from Spotlight. I hemmed the sleeves with self-fabric bias binding as well as binding the neck with the same bias binding.

It may seem strange that I'm making summer tops as we head in to winter but I'm going to Japan in late June/early July and I'm making some of my travel wardrobe.

Inspired by Grainline Studio's Scout Woven Tee

There have been lots of blog posts on the Scout Woven Tee.

And I thought I would make my own by using a pattern I already had. My woven tee is a shortened version of McCalls 6102.

I was happy with the fit as I had made a number of dresses from the pattern over the summer so all I had to do was shorten the finished length to 56cm. I bound the neck with 12mm bias binding and added bust darts. The fabric is a Japanese lawn from Spotlight. I'll be making a few more of these!

Schoolhouse Tunic - third time around

Inspired by the Great British Sewing Bee and being a bit like Sandra in the show, in that I don't always finish what I start, today I finished my third version of the Schoolhouse Tunic.

It's made from a Nicola Waite woven cotton that I bought from the Fabric Store a couple of years ago. I added loops and buttons at the front to keep the bodice closed as I don't like the way that it falls open.

I cut the facings from  plain white woven cotton rather than the fabric itself so that there was no shadowing effect coming through from the inside.

The weather is cooling down so I won't get to wear this until Spring but at least I have a finished project!

And the winner of the Great British Sewing Bee is....

I'm not going to spoil it for you. Here it is ..Episode 4

The Great British Sewing Bee Episode 3

As soon as Wednesday comes I'm on to YouTube to see if some kind person has uploaded the latest episode of the Great British Sewing Bee and there it was Episode 3.
Originally I was barracking for Ann but now I would like to see Lauren win. Can't wait until next week for the final episode.

Cot quilt

My holiday sewing project was to make a cot quilt for my new niece/nephew who is due in 8 weeks. I knew that I had to do it now over the school holidays or I would never get it done on time. This is only the second quilt I've made. I know that it is vitally important to cut and sew straight! I tried my best. I'm very pleased with my fabric choice. And I think I did a fine job with the binding.

Great British Sewing Bee Episode 2

Last night I watched the second episode of the Great British Sewing Bee where the contestants had to make a pair of men's pants, add pockets to a ready made skirt and sew a blouse to fit a live model. I really like this program but as it is a competition, two contestants have to leave at the end. I would find it difficult to be a contestant on the show as I don't like to sew under time pressures and would be spending most of my time with the stitch unpicker.
Episode 2