Ruffle Tank

I am ridiculously pleased with how this turned out. It is just a tank top after all.

Mostly I am happy with the fit.  It doesn't gape at the bust or roll up at the hips.  I started with a Jalie t-shirt pattern.  Size T for the top half, although a U across the upper back.  I graded to a size W at the waist line.  I made a gradual transition from T to W, rather than closely following the body line.  I drew in the strap width and neckline.  Next time, I think I could make the upper back a tad wider, the armholes lower and cut in the armholes some more.

The fabric was a remnant piece of unknown composition.  I didn't have much of it, so I cut the tank on the cross grain.  The fabric is pretty stretchy so this doesn't seem to matter.  For the binding I used a lighter weight fabric from another remnant.  This remnant was marked as cotton-spandex, by hand, but it smells like silk to me.  This fabric was one of those crazy curling knits, so I cut the binding strip wider than I needed.  I was going to trim the excess width, but before I could do that, it curled itself nicely, bringing the raw edge back out past the neckline.  I quite like this effect, so I am going to leave it untrimmed.

The skirt in the top photo is reviewed in an earlier post.