Trip to Utrecht

 Some weeks ago, on May the 1st weekend, we travelled to The Netherlands for a music festival in Hengelo. We decided to travel light, so we only carried one handbag under the seat each. But our bags are smaller than the measures allowed, so I decided to use the oilskin I bought in Merchant & Mills to make two bags of the maximum measures allowed. I bought some cotton to line them and some straps and zippers for inside pockets:

After spending the night in Amsterdam, we travelled to Utrecht to visit the famous fabric market there. It was very a pleasant street full of stalls of fabric, and the prices were quite good. The quality of the fabric was not very high end, but after inspecting all the stalls twice, I managed to find some gems. There was a stall with lovely silks, another with some lovely cotton tartans and another one with nice wools. Well, here is my bounty: 

Black Gingear Jeans

 This is my second attempt at the Ginger Jeans, and I am glad to report these are pretty pretty close to perfection. 

Fabric is perfect, to start with. A black 2% stretch cotton denim, 13,5 oz weight, from Denim Lab. The perfect amount of stretch, the perfect thickness, the perfect shade of black. AWESOME. 

I decided to use again the Middle Rise Ginger Jeans  pattern. I love its seat in the low waist, just under the belly button, and also just the minimum ease all around to be slim and comfy in a 2% stretch fabric. 

Being this fabric narrow, your need the double length to pull a pair of jeans. But then I got all confused when cutting it upside down and turned over to prevent it from spinning, and it does spin around my left leg, all the way to the back. being dark black, nobody notices but me, and it is not uncomfortable, so still a success. But I cannot say they are perfect. 

Pretty cool, though!

Grey Camouflage Cavally Wool Biker Jacket

There is this online shop in Madrid that curates awesome fabrics. They bring some designer remains at very good price. 

This wonderful pure wool is from Cavalli. It is so beautiful I had to buy it and make a jacket I did not need, just to honour such a gorgeous fabric. 

I thought a biker jacket would look great in this fabric, so I searched Burdastyle database, and I found the perfect pattern. I ordered the past number in my local library-bus, and I had a fantastic pattern for free.

The only modification needed was the total length, to which I added about 5 cm.

I bought some awesome zippers in the fabulous haberdashery Santa Anna, in Barcelona. I interlined it with fusible cotton and installed a beautiful grey cupro lining.  

It is awesome, perfect, comfortable, warm and a luxury to wear.