Flamingo Boatneck Tee
Flamingo Boatneck
Update: the Jade Tee Pattern is now available! buy now
Pretty soon I'll be introducing my next pattern for women, Jade, which is a knit t-shirt pattern. Here's an early prototype that I made last spring with the flamingo print from my interlock collection for Cloud 9, Sidewalk. As a grown woman, I wasn't sure I could pull off a flamingo tee, but I rather like it. If you're looking at your screen and giving this the side-eye, perhaps flamingos are just not your thing LOL??
Flamingo Boatneck
The "pink" in this flamingo fabric (if you can call it that) is really more of a neon coral. One of the surprises for me with this knit collection is how bright this hue came out. At first I wasn't completely sold, but within days of making this tee I discovered that I already owned multiple things that matched and coordinated, including a pair of neon striped socks and my watermelon Baggu tote (shown above). MEANT TO BE? I THINK SO. Since then this shade of coral has done nothing but grow on me.
Flamingo Boatneck
Also: works with my vintage GAP Jean Jacket. Is it too early to call something I purchased in 2001 "vintage?" I really hope not.
Update: the Jade Tee Pattern is now available! buy now
Jade will have an elbow-length sleeve -- the length will be a bit shorter than this one -- and one of the necklines will be this boat neck style. This version has a visible neckband, and I decided to finish the boat neckline in a completely different way for the pattern (I think you'll love it!), but there is an optional binding piece so that if you like this you can still make it this way too. We also redrafted the sleeve cap after this version so I think you'll find that there is substantially less underarm wrinkling in the final version, but it's not bad for a prototype. Definitely wearable. Can't wait to unveil more details on the final pattern for you soon!
Flamingo Boatneck