Scout, Scout, Scout!

Miss Crayola Creepy 1:26 PM Completed project 19 comments

I know that I've mentioned it before, but I'm a jeans and Briar/Renfrew kind of girl. Even on the weekends I like wearing jeans (you can't ride on a motorcycle in a skirt), but I like having a slightly dressier top to wear around town when I'm feeling a little fancier than usual.

That is where the Scout tee comes into play. The two versions I have sewn are lawn fabrics from Mood which are perfect for this "winter" weather on the central coast of California. The weather has been in the seventies and eighties for the last month and it's not exactly sweater weather quite yet.

Selfie!

The directions for the Scout pattern are extremely straightforward and it is a quick sew. There are only a few pattern pieces which made taping the pdf download painless for a pdf hater such as myself. And at $6.50 you can't beat the price!

The recommended fabrics are light to medium weight which is the perfect excuse to try out French seams. Up until recently I had only sewn one item with French seams and it was a year and a half ago, but the tutorial that Jen posted was the perfect refresher. I even successfully finished the armholes seams using her technique! This is such an awesome revelation for someone like me that does not own a serger.

The insides are so clean! Oh, this is typically when I like to throw out the hashtag: #allfrenchseamedandshit on Instagram. Are there any other people that are into French seaming and shit?