Plan B

Living here in Florida, I never check the weather. It rarely changes. But today, it's gray and the forecast is for actual rain. A good thing environmentally since we're in a severe drought but a bad thing for a beach dog park afternoon. So we're putting that outing off for a day or two and I spent the morning fiddling with my TNT tee pattern to come up with a vee-neck version of the Diana Mode top.

First, I offset a neckband from the front pattern neckline (1) and then cut it away from the pattern (2). Next, I slashed/spread at the neckband seam to create extra fabric for gathers. The pivot point is at the small pink circle in (3). I trued the seamlines (4) and added seam allowances (5).



The sleeve was next. I created the bottom band shape (6) and cut it away from the main sleeve shape (7). I then slashed/spread along 3 pivot points. The shape of my final main sleeve piece is different from the original pattern, but I'm pretty sure it will work out exactly the same.



I added seam allowances to the remaining pieces and printed out my pattern.



I'm heading up to the sewing room to tape the printout together and decide on a fabric to use. After that, we'll head to the local dog park because "the kids" really need to run off some energy.