It's summertime and time for some new tank tops. My old ones are pretty much worn out and recently I've had to throw several away. One got stained beyond rescue and in two others the lycra gave out and made the fabric all ripply and weird.
I love these two newest additions to my tank top stable. I spent many an hour developing this racerback tank top until I got the pattern and every little curve of the straps just the way I wanted them.
The yellow print is a cotton/lycra jersey several years old trimmed with the same print fabric in the black colorway. The binding is a tiny 1 inch wide before it is sewn on -- you have to be very, very careful with that one, there's no room at all for error.
The camouflage -- and I do love camo -- is a plain cotton jersey, kinda flimsy and I don't think this tank will make past this summer season before it starts to develop holes and such. But it was so cute, I couldn't resist. If you look closely, you can see the butterflies integrated into the camouflage pattern. Is that awesome or what?! I used a slightly wider binding on this one -- 1 1/2 inches unsewn. You wouldn't think that just a little bit of extra binding could change the look of a shirt so much, but it does.
I've got two more tanks tops to finish off and a knit dress for Daughter as well. As soon as those are done, it's off to a couple of simple ballet tops for me.
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