New Black T-Shirt

I spent most of the day yesterday creating this shirt.  I had so much fun with it.  It is mainly black, in case you can't tell from the photos.  Lighting, photography, and computer monitors can change colors a bit.

front

back

I used one of my new stencils to add some design to the plain black jersey fabric. I stenciled with white paint (Jacquard Textile Colors) and then I added some purple circles with a circle stencil I had. I thought the circles would add a bit of color and tie into the circle fabric in the sleeves. The purple paint I used was Setacolor Opaque Garnet.

Unconnected Circle
6 x 6"
Available from Stencil Girl Products

Here is the pattern I used to create the shirt. Vogue 8793.

The pattern is easy, but it runs large. I purchased the size that corresponds to my bust measurements and that was size 16. I could have probably gone with a size 14, but that size wasn't in my pattern envelope, so I had to play around with the pattern until I got a fit I liked. I ended up mostly taking in about an inch on each side seam. I also had to trim slightly on the arm hole.

The neck on this shirt was funky and while I think it is cute, I decided to skip the funky-ness and just do a normal neckband. Actually I had one neckband on it and it totally didn't work. It looked great as far as the fabric goes, but it wasn't the right stretch and it made the shirt hang/drape funny in some areas. So today I spent time removing the first neckband and coming up with another option.

I like my new shirt!