vrijdag 6 augustus 2010

Giraffe T


Giraffe T
Originally uploaded by oddwise

Just a quick post to show the T I made.

I love the fabric with the little giraffes, but was afraid the print would be to busy to make a regular T. But it worked out just fine. The neckline looks a little crooked, but I think it will be fine when Pelle wears it.
It took me a long time to make a good neckline, but now I really think I found my way around it. I don’t use a pattern, but just stretch the fabric around the unfinished neckline to determine the length, fold it double and than sew it on with a little zigzagstitch. To finish it off, I use a twin needle. I prefer to use a ribknit, and I can buy plenty of those in Germany, but for this T I used a regular T-shirt knit, because of the matching brown colour. So it doesn’t take back all the shape when stretched, but still it’s good enough for me.

I made the T to go along with a brown trouser I made earlier. More pick of that one on Flickr.



Sailorpants, front
Originally uploaded by oddwise

3 opmerkingen:

  1. I like these a lot. I find myself choosing brown and green for my son often - perhaps it's the idea that brown pants won't show stains so easily? The t-shirt is great and it's good to see how this giraffe print looks in real life, since I've been thinking about buying some but have hesitated because it was difficult to get a feel of how big the giraffes are. So thank you for that! :) The topstitching on the pants looks fantastic, by the way.

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  2. My boy also wears brown quite a bit...I think its a nice change from blue.
    The T-shirt is great. I love the giraffes too.

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  3. I like it a lot! Nice colour-combinations.

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