Liberty Jumpsuit

 I will never tire of sewing Liberty cotton lawn, this fabric is so wonderful. Moreover, I found this beauty in Ribes i Casals web store at half price and the print is so beautiful I could not even believe it was a real Liberty. But it is, oh yes! It has been a year sitting in my stash waiting for the perfect project. 

Finally, I saw this Durban jumpsuit by Megan Nielsen and I bought a linen fabric for it. Then, I did not have enough fabric, so I decided to try it with this Liberty first, which was wider (170 cm) and barely enough. I did not buy the pattern, though. Spending 16 € in a pattern that I have to print, assemble, draw and redraw without the seam allowances is not my idea of ideal shopping. So, I looked in the BurdaStyle online archive to see if they had anything similar and I found this wonderful pattern. I asked for this magazine in my library-bus and BEHOLD, I got a free, stunning pattern. 

I had to reduce the width of the legs, because the fabric was still not enough at 1.5m, but it was ok, since Burda has always too wide legs and I did want narrower legs in this thi, crisp fabric. 

I also modified the closing, from back zipper to front buttons and buttonholes plackets. 

I also removed the sleeves, raised the bottom armscye 2 cm and made the crotch 2 cm higher as well. 

All these modifications were successful, and I was completely in love at the first fitting. My confidence and self-esteem went sky-high and then I cut a too deep  neck line and I almost ruined it all. I saved it by raising it 2 cm by shortening the seam on top of the shoulders, a lousy move, I reckon, but it saved it. I can wear it now, with a bra. Few!

The fabric is still gorgeous, and the pattern as well. 

A note on my beautiful Swedish Hasbeens, which I totally adore. 

Circuit Dress in English Embroided White Cotton

 I had the inspiration for this piece in the Formula1 Gran Prix, held at Circuit de Montmeló, Barcelona. It was last June, and we were under a heatwave that lasted most of last summer. It was so hot, it was dangerous. I then mentally designed a dress that had to cover my skin being fresh, using this thin cotton that has small holes for ventilation.

I found the fabric in Firenze, during my holidays in Tuscany. This is the second (out of five) fabric I use from the shopping in wonderful Bacci Tessutti (as the viscose in my last entry), and it was also 10 cm shorter that ordered. 

The pattern is from BurdaStyle, although I hacked it to include the flounce all around the bottom of the skirt and one of its sides up. 

This pattern is made for a woven fabric, but it does not have any darts to shape the waist. Only side breast darts. Maybe (I cannot make up my mind) I should add some, at least in the side crossed over the other, but I can tie the belt in the front and then that solves the matter. 

In these pictures I tied it only at the back, though.