Still Learning - A Summer Top this Time...

Of course I should have bought a pattern on ebay or somewhere and waited for it to arrive.... but I'm learning!

This is the end result:  (Can you tell we haven't had much sun here yet!!) 

So, I started with an old tee-shirt and some newspaper:

And some rather stretchy fabric:

I got adventurous with some of the shapes I used - this is my version of some bust allowance:

 And here are all the pieces cut out - weighed down with what came to hand:

The smaller piece crosses over behind the bigger front piece:

Then I added the gathers on the top seams as that looked a little less "Mrs Doyle from Father Ted" - ish.

 Next project WILL involve using a real pattern!

Thanks for modelling Elaine.... :)