Sleeveless top from The Great British Sewing Bee

After having a look at reviews and comments in blogs, I decided to buy the book from the second series of The Great British Sewing Bee: 'Sew Your Own Wardrobe'. What convinced me was that instead of being a general book for beginners, it was focused on clothes and came with full patterns. No cushions, bags or curtains. I already have a brilliant book that covers all of them, 'Sewing machine basics' by Jane Bolsover.

I made the sleeveless top, really easy after a few tweaks. The pattern fits most sizes, but mine was so loose on the back that I had to narrow it quite a bit. I learned a trick that I might use next time. You can put a narrow elastic band in the hem that will keep it in place.

One little mishap was the fabric catching on feed dog, so it's better not to look too close at some of the threads. Thank goodness it has a busy pattern!