My sister’s birthday was a few days ago, so I wanted to share a quick couple of things I finished up for her…
First up, my latest take on the Montlake Tee!
I used the same fabrics from my last tester version, but added some color blocking because A) I thought it would look cool… and B) I didn’t have enough fabric for sleeves in the main color :/ But I couldn’t resist using up the rest of this fabric because I just love it so much! :D
I wanted to print a copy of the final version of the pattern anyway, so before I threw my old one out, I figured I would play around with some color blocking! I chopped a little off of the top of each pattern piece, then taped them together and created a new piece, and added seam allowances to all respective edges…
Then I did this:
Ooops… :/
Tried that one again… :)
I used this pocket pattern, but cut on the inner edges to make it a little smaller, adding a little length at the top to fold over!
And I had just enough of my wonderful pink french terry scrap to cut the sleeves…
(I actually cut them too long and then hemmed a bunch – but better safe than sorry) :)
Next up, I repaired that sweater she gave me last winter to fix :/
Here’s the front and back before:
And after:
I’m pretty sure this took me longer than the t-shirt, actually! Veeeeery carefully picking up stitches until is was to a point where I could stitch up the hole. Too many colors! Too many threads! And yes, I definitely incorporated a few husky hairs into the finished product as well :)
Yay! Not perfect but I’m pretty sure no one will ever notice.
Happy Birthday, Sissy!
(She’s the best… and my little nephew is a total ham)
She bought her first house a month or so ago and it’s a total construction zone right now. It’s going to look amazing through… check out the kitchen progress!
Until next time,
Life by Ky 
Lucky sis to have such awesome handmade gifts! Love the adjustments you made to the tee, so nice to have a one of a kind garment.
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Thank you, Naomi! :) Love that about sewing!
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Lucky sister! Totally love how you added yokes to the front – makes that tee splendid!
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Thank you thank you!
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I love the top. It’s basic but it looks so comfy and she can pair it with lots of stuff.
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Thanks! That’s what I’m hoping :)
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The top looks perfect. And after you fixed it I couldn’t even see the tear in your sweater.
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Thank you! I was very lucky it came together as well as it did :)
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Fab colours together” the colour-blocking worked really well and great repair job! Hope she’s pleased…
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Thanks!!
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