(UPDATED) Mandy Boat Tee - This boxy top with drop shoulders has a boat neck and optional three quarter or full length fitted sleeves. Relaxed and easy-to-wear, Mandy really is the perfect wardrobe staple and a quick and satisfying sewing project
UPDATED sizes include (AUS sizing): Size 1 (XXS-XS) Size 2 (S-M), Size 3 (L-XL), Size 4 (XXL -XXXL)
The Mandy Boat Tee. If you sew your clothes, chances are you’ll know of this pattern and if you haven’t, you don’t know anything! I know of no one not liking it and some who’ve made multiple, it is that good. The easy, boxy/drapey, good to wear almost anywhere any time time of top, just depends what fabric you choose.
Ive made two in jersey & ponte and customised both with a drawstring arrangement on the front & I love them much. And then, I bought some fine blue & white stripey lightweight knit during a Tessuti sale , cant remember when and thought, what a classic fabric/pattern match, I’ll make a Mandy tee and bugger it over because I’m amazing and make things harder and more time consuming that they should be. Thats not really what I thought and it wasnt hard to make this but those words sound believable. Anyway I made this next top and I love it. Three wins!
Extend the body at arm
I extended the sleeve portion of the body, narrowing it quite quickly and then added a trumpet style sleeve from just before the elbow, with the sleeve itself finishing at just beyond the wrist. In the body I raised the front length and lowered the back, adding a gently dipping curve.
About this much
I like this sleeve and I’d like it more if the fabric had a bit more 4way stretch
Same same stripe direction. Looking at this again I wonder if I should’ve just cut it in one, what do you think? Back and front are exactly the same, so…? Maybe that’s what I’ll explore for number four Mandy top!
Dont do this. How could I do this??
I widened the neckline a centimeter or two & scooped it a little lower at the front so its not so chokey at me. I think theres a forward shoulder adjustment formula for that but I just scooped it.
Left sleeve and hem edges raw
My skirt! Missoni shoes. Missoni is married to stripey
While we’re here, lets notice my skirt. I love this skirt VERY MUCH. The stripe is custom printed ponte, placed forward of the side seam, tucked under at hem, inside the split facing. I cut right on the edge of the outside stripe & steam-a-seamed it in place. The cut line is a bit rustic, I wished hard for a rotary blade but none was in front of me when I had to make this skirt immediately. A rotary blade would have been essential, had I had one. The skirt itself is Carob Ponte from Tessuti, the pattern is a block Ive deployed so many times.
I’m all for enthusiasm over accuracy. You will notice my cutting & sewing is inexact but just let it go
When I had some artwork printed on fabric for this skirt and this skirt (yes I lots of skirts), I engineeded them to fit the exact size of my pattern which left some free space on the meterage (one meter minimum order for digital fabric printing). In this free area I created some stripes across the grain to make some ribbing in colors I like. Very hard to find a variety of stripey ribbing in Australia, but Maai Design has some lovely stuff. I have an ever widening selection of skirts, pants and tops featuring stripey trims. I love them so much. So now instead of going fast, I go faster.
What we have here is a favourite outfit. I am %100 pleased. Thank you Tessuti for the free-ness, I am your most devoted customer.
Job done shoes off