Okay, so the tank isn’t really 70’s at all, but the collar fabric reminds me of the 70’s so there you go.  I finished my first garment from my pattern that I made using what I’ve learned in Cal Patch’s Pattern Drafting class on Creativebug.  The fabric is some I’ve had in the stash for a while, with the intention of making a top, and the collar is some I picked up last week to coordinate.  I love how it turned out!

I decided to make a tank pattern off of my original pattern that had some slight waist shaping but no darts, just to see what that looked like on me.  I have a feeling there will be a lot of trial and error to figure out exactly what I like, but that’s good as I’ll end up with a variety of garments from that experimentation.  I really like how this one turned out!  It’s not perfect.  I had to adjust the shoulders, as I discovered after doing the bias tape on the armhole that it didn’t have enough slope.  I tore out the binding and just gave the seam a bit more slope.  It makes it lay down much better and I will adjust my pattern for future sleeveless tops.

Overall, I really like this shape on me, and I definitely anticipate using this pattern again and tweaking it slightly to make it do what I want.  I am also glad I did the collar.  I thought about just leaving it off, but I think it adds a lot and I wouldn’t like it as much without it.  Big thanks to my Instagram friends who told me to go with it!   I got maybe a little too excited and bought a bunch of fabric today, so I guess I better get to sewing!