Make by TFS Fog Tee

I’ve been thinking for a while about alternative necklines which let me skip inserting a neck binding- even when it goes well, it can so easily have not gone well. So when I spotted the Make by TFS Fog Tee on Sara from @fabric_scraps, I thought ‘that’s what I’ll do’!

Since Sara and I are basically measurement twins, I did not overthink the sizing and simply made the exact same sizes she did for her Fog Tees– size 22 at the shoulders and bust, blending out from the underarms to a Size 28 for the hip. 

I used a lightweight merino that I got for a steal, my intention being that no matter how the toile went, I could approximate whatever the toile revealed into something that was suitable for wearing around the house to stay warm this winter. I shortened a couple of bits: 3.5″ from the sleeves and 1.5″ from the bottom hem. I never know if the really long sleeves are an issue with the pattern being straight graded from one size (so the plus sizes end up with very long arms) or if I just have short arms…

I probably could have taken more off the bottom hem, but skipped it thinking ‘I’ll probably half-tuck it so hopefully it won’t matter’, but I can see now from the photos that the excess length is just giving more fabric to pool in my centre back, exacerbated by the fact I probably could have used some extra room through the belly. I don’t think it’s so obvious from the front though, and I do like the way there’s drape lines across the front (I know that’s probably because of a hollow upper chest, but I’m going to call it a happy accident.