Everyday Tee for Me

This top was born out of need. I really needed a new top. I was tired of wearing the same ones all the time. This summer, I've been wearing this top from last fall a lot. It's just so comfy and fits so well. I figured I should just replicate it. I started looking through my stash for some suitable fabric. Part of what makes my first Everyday Tee so wearable is the fabric - it's so soft. And stretchy. And just feels great on. This black/gray striped fabric that I chose for round two is very different. I mean, I like it: it's light, airy, and striped. All good things. But unlike the April Johnson fabric for the last top, this one doesn't stretch as much, and isn't quite as soft. In hindsight, I should've enlarged the pattern a bit. But seeing that I didn't, I decided to add a binding to the sleeves and a band at the bottom to give myself a little more room. 

I kind of like the band. But maybe it's too much band? Still on the fence about it. Anyway, I wore this top out and about today and I was really comfortable in it and will definitely come back to this pattern by iCandy Handmade again. 

I always learn something new when I sew. And this time I learned that all knits are not the same, and won't fit the same way with the same pattern. I guess that's common sense. But for me, it took a couple tops to figure it out.

The black/gray striped fabric is from JoAnn's. The bird's nest necklace is made by me. 

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