Xanthea in stripes
![Xanthea in stripes worn by Liz](https://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Xanthea-in-stripes-IMG_2356-shortlist.jpg)
Thank you All, for your positive reception to the zero waste Xanthea t-shirt pattern last week.
![Xanthea zero waste t-shirt front and back sketch](https://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blog-post-resized-sketch-front-and-back-1024x334.jpg)
A couple of people asked to see what it looked like in striped fabric.
![Xanthea in stripes front](https://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Xanthea-in-stripes-front-IMG_2365-shortlist.jpg)
![Xanthea in stripes back](https://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Xanthea-in-stripes-back-IMG_2368-shortlist.jpg)
![Xanthea in stripes with pocket](https://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Xanthea-in-stripes-IMG_2343-shortlist-good-pocket.jpg)
Felt that it needed a dash of red (to go with my lippy).
If you’re reading this with a view to making a Xanthea in stripes, here’s some details…
![body square in stripes diagram](https://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Sandie-shirt-in-stripes.jpg)
![Xanthea in stripes centre front](https://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Xanthea-in-stripes-centre-front-IMG_2301.jpg)
Tweak to suit your stripes.
![Xanthea in stripes sleeve](https://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Xanthea-in-stripes-sleeve-IMG_2279-shortlist-need-to-crop.jpg)
![](https://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Xanthea-in-stripes-NEW-IMG_2287-shortlist.jpg)
When you sew the following seam to make the parallelogram into a tube, adjust it to suit your stripes – I took a slightly bigger seam allowance so the grey and white stripe sat next to each other.
Here’s an exclusive excerpt from The Dressmaker’s Companion on sewing stripes to match:
![How to match stripes 1](https://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Xanthea-resized-matching-stripes.jpg)
Place your thumbnail on the intended stitching line, peel back the seam allowance and align the stripes.
![How to match stripes 2](https://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Xanthea-resized-matching-stripes-with-pin.jpg)
Carefully sew the seam over the pin and then remove it.
Do this to every stripe or every second stripe to stop the fabric shifting when you sew it.
There you have it: Xanthea in stripes 🙂
Cheers!