Tiger that came to t-shirt

Hello April sewers! Not April showers ha ha.

I've been sewing up a bit of a storm - now that the weather is properly Spring-like, I've started thinking of summer clothes. Particularly t-shirts. I've made five Deer & Doe Plantain shirts now, and with some tweaks, I'm really happy with the fit.

I found this lovely speckled Robert Kaufman jersey at the Village Haberdashery, and bought three metres (two white one grey) - it's really not cheap at about £22 a metre, but it has the loveliest feeling, and out of three metres I got four t-shirts, which works out at £16 per shirt - well worth it for their quality. This one was made with the last bits, hence the colour blocking, but I'm happy with how it came out.

I bought three metres of this tiger print viscose a while back (annoyingly I can't remember from where) - I had it in mind for a dress but I'm much happier with these trousers. They're woven Hudsons - sized up two sizes from my normal jersey fit, and with the waist raised 3 inches. Actually if I make them again I think I'll raise them another 2. Also I widened and shortened them a bit at the bottom.

My chum and preferred blog photographer Shelley is back in the studio, so I'm back to fun alley photos for a while, hooray! Easy breezy summer trews!