It’s nearly the end of March and I can show you my second make for Sew Frugal 2025, where we have to make something using a free pattern or fabric from our stash. This make uses the Closet Core T-Shirt pattern, which is free, and which I’ve made before. I made the long sleeved version.
I used the remnants of fabric from this dress, with the main fabric and the matching rib being free at the local recycling centre (REMida Perth).
I’m wearing it with my white Fibremood Gizeh trousers and was going to style it with a few things from my wardrobe but we’ve had a heatwave and it’s been too hot to put the tee shirt on. These photos were taken in the morning whilst it was still relatively cool.
The sleeves on this tee are three-quarter length but I like long sleeves in cooler weather so I used the matching rib to extend them. I didn’t have enough fabric to make the sleeves longer and this seemed like a good solution.
The back isn’t too bad. Everytime I see photos like this I think I should do a sway back adjustment, or maybe I need to go up a size as I can see pulling under the arms.
I used my coverstitch to sew the pocket on and it finished up a little wonky; I really should have unpicked it, but this fabric tends to go into holes when it’s unpicked so I stuck a flower over the top of the dodgy bit. From a distance it looks as though I’ve got a stain on the top, so I may pull it off and hide the crime a different way.
I can’t really report on the wearability of this one as I haven’t had it on for more than a few minutes, but I think it will be handy.
A photo of my granddaughters with Pepper the puppy. She has really made herself an integral part of the family. She’s more gentle with them than she is with me!
