Spring has come: Simplicity 1805 Dolman Sleeve T-shirt

4月に熱波が来て暑くなったかと思ったら、やっぱり霜が降りるぐらい寒い日々に戻っていたんだけど、5月になってやっと本格的に春到来の模様です。家の前の道もすっかり緑々しくなりました。

春にふさわしく、花柄模様で袖の短すぎないTシャツを作りました。
去年使ったシンプリシティの1805番の型紙を使って、今回は裾にバンドがあるバージョンを作りました。
布はレーヨンにちょっとスパンデックスが入ったニットです。
この型紙は、すっごくシンプルで縫い目も数えるほどしかないので布を切ったりする時間のほうが、実際にミシンに向かってる時間より長いくらい。
パンツは前に作ったジーンズに見えるゴムウェストパンツね。

We had some heat wave in April but then it got back to freezing cold (like literally, the grass would be frozen in the morning). But I think we finally got the proper spring weather. It's beautifully green everywhere.

To celebrate the spring and the warmer weather, I made a floral T-shirt.

The pattern is Simplicity 1805. (Out of print now? I can't find it on Simplicity website anymore.) I used this pattern before for the raglan sleeve version (View E without the hem tie) and the dolman sleeve version (View A). This time, I made a View C, which is also a dolman sleeve but with a hem band.

The fabric is rayon/Lycra jersey. I really like the relatively large floral prints.

 I think the large scale print worked well for this pattern with very few seams.

I cut a size XS. Shortened 1" above bust all the way across the sleeves, and 1.5" at the waist (I am 5'3").
I also narrowed the neck opening by 1/2" both sides.
The pattern calls for a neck binding finish but I just fold the neck band piece in half length wise and added it to the neck opening as a neck band.

In my previous version, I had to add a center back seam because of the fabric shortage and I added a back contouring. I did the same on this one as well, but since this one has a hem band to make it more blouson effect, I think the back contouring is lost anyway, so the CB seam was totally unnecessary. I did pattern-match this time though.

Using this pattern for the second time, it was a very fast project. I spent more time cutting the fabric than sewing. I really like it, but the quality of the fabric wasn't too good. After the initial pre-wash, the print is already slightly fading. Unfortunately, the floral print as well as the black background is printed on a white fabric (so the wrong side is white), so the print fading is very noticeable. Also if you stretch the fabric, like hem band, the non-printed white part of the weave shows.

But that's OK. I still like it and I can make many more in the future.

(Worn with my Jalie Eleonore.)