The Electric Tumble Tee

The Imagine Gnats's Tumble Tee Tour is stopping by this humble blog today with my 80's-inspired neon creation.  Rachael's pattern is for an easy fitting knit tee with cut-on sleeves, a gentle a-line shape, dress and shirt lengths, and lots of options for seaming / colour-blocking.

 

It's offered in sizes 6m all the way through to 10 years (I made a true-to-age size 6 for reference) and it has a flattering sleek fit for my larger than average girl.

Guess who took their time making sure their stripes match?  This girl.  I love the way they meet on the shoulders. Rather than hem the sleeves, I added a band in a coordinating yellow fine rib.

I used the same fine rib to make a small chest pocket.  That's right, fine rib for a fiddly little pocket. Not the cleverest choice but lots of extreme pressing and using thin strips of Heat N' Bond to hold the folds and positioning on the shirt without pins meant that I was able to tame the beast.

Rather than hem the neckline or leave it raw, I scooped out the original neckline and added a band to tie all the yellow edges together.

But what 80's inspired project is complete without a nod to the ubiquitous mullet?  I lengthened the front by an inch and the back by  two inches and added a side vent.  And then gave the same yellow band treatment to the hem as I am nothing if not predictable.

Make sure you check out my co-touree, Susan from Crafterhours, for her take on the Tumble Tee, it's awesome!