Welcome back to Who Made It Best, a series on mahlicadesigns.
Who Made It Best is a friendly challenge where one of my blogger friends joins me in making up the same pattern to see Who Made It Best. The challenge rules are simple: 1. We agree on a pattern to use 2. sew it up to suit our personal styles 3. share it with you and ask you to vote. (Oh, and we keep what we’re up to a secret from each other)
Elizabeth from Elizabeth Made This has joined me in making up the Greenwood Tank from Straight Stitch Designs for the challenge and you can check out her version here.
Almost everyone needs summer tanks and they are a wardrobe workhorse for me in my non air-conditioned house, but to be honest I struggled a little with how to make a straight forward design seem interesting enough for the Who Made It Best challenge. My challenger, Elizabeth, is a whiz at pattern hacking and surface design, so I felt pretty intimidated trying to go one of these routes and they really didn’t feel “me” for this project.
I put together a Greenwood Inspiration pinterest board with all kinds of ideas I want to try, but I settled on accenting the geometric print of my fabric with a triangular insert at the center back neckline. This does feel “me”.
For the body of my Greenwood, I used the Circuit Ashen knit from Art Gallery fabrics and a stretchy metallic looking mystery fabric for the triangle insert.
I was super careful getting the placement correct for the triangle insert; measuring and double checking and I still got that sucker kinda crooked. Gah!
So, who do you think made the Greenwood Tank best? Please visit Elizabeth Made This for more pictures and details on her version, then place your vote for Who Made It Best. The poll will be on both blogs, so you can see both versions before you choose your favorite. Voting open for one week and results will be posted on Instagram.
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You can also take a look at the Bronte Tee, Shoreline Boatneck, and Sorbetto Top that were part of past Who Made It Best challenges.
As always, thanks for visiting and voting today.
mahlicadesigns 
It’s always great to see each month the two versions of ‘who made the best’. This time again it’s a pleasure to see both versions and always choosing the ‘best version’ is so hard. Both are beautiful and show the individual taste of the maker.
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I couldn’t possibly choose between the two. This is a great fitting tank top.
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Might I suggest…:)
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Love that print – I think you were contemplating selling it – I am glad you kept it! Now, I am off to check out the greenwood tank.
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What a cool print, and I really like how the V turned out. It’s a nice contrast on the back, and I know that Art Gallery knits make some great tanks for this Colorado heat!
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