Triangle Tank

My girl Jess, who writes at If Only They Would Nap, has challenged her blogging friends to experiment with the “geometric” trend in their sewing in her blogging series titled Straight Lines and Angles. Today, I get to share my project with you.

I feel a little bit late to the Woven Tank Party. Wasn’t this last year’s thing? Except this one has triangles on it. So hopefully, that is enough to make it This Year’s Thing.

I bought two rayon woven tanks last fall and I have been wearing them to death under sweaters, cardigans, and jackets all winter. (They make some appearances here and here.) It’s time those hard workers received some reinforcements!

This is the Wiksten Tank pattern. I wanted it lose and drapey around my middle, but fitted in the shoulders to keep it from looking sloppy. I chose size “L” by comparing the pattern to my fav rayon tanks, then slashed-and-spread the pattern through the waist and hips to add a total of 8″ to the hips.

I am also late to the Sewing With Voile Party. (What’s this year’s thing? Double Gauze?) Better late then never! Because it turns out, voile really is lovely, super light and airy, and oh so comfortable to wear. I’ll be adding more to my stash soon, I hope.

The fabric is from the Palos Verdes organic voile collection for Cloud 9 Fabrics. I could claim artistic reasons for the slight green tinting from the original, but really I was lazy/stupid and tossed it into the wash with another (emerald) voile, which then bled like crazy. Fortunately, the little bit of emerald in the print means no one will know but me, and now you. (Emerald! you know, last year’s color.)

“Late” or “On Trend”,  I love this tank that fits just like I want and is full of colors that make me giddy. 

Enough about that, check out all these other bloggers stitching up some geometric inspiration!

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