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I made this top using the Scout Tee pattern. It's such a well-loved design all over the making-world, and as usual I am late to the party but I am so glad to have the pattern now! I will be making many more, I can just tell.

At The Craft Sessions this year, Sophie taught a class to make these, and the resulting garments were so beautiful, I knew I had to get cutting and sewing as soon as possible.

I used a drapey, natural-coloured linen and printed it with random dots (using an eraser from the end of a pencil) and dark grey fabric ink. Can you tell that I was impatient to make it up and hadn't gone fabric shopping?

One of the nicest things about this pattern is the lovely scoop-neckline and its bias trim facing, and I used an orange checked fabric for this (and orange stitching throughout to match though it's impossible to tell from this photo, sorry.) The fit of the top is really lovely- nice and loose where I like it to be and the perfect length (not too short which is usually the way with shop-bought clothes, I find.)

If you're interested in making this garment, you should read this new blog post by Felicia which includes modifications, fabric details, tips, etc. 

The first photo above was taken last summer in my sister's garden. She let her onion plants go to seed and flower and they'd grown nearly as tall as us.