I bought this fabric online and it was adisappointment, because it has quite a lot of a sparkle, although cameras do not take it. The sparkle also meant it was not 100% wool (as advertised in the website), so I wrote to them, and they confessed it had 20% plastic in it. They also offered half a refund, so the sin was done, although unintentionally, and the cut fabric was on my stash.
Being that the given situation, I chose to go for it and make some tacky thing for christmas time, where a sparkle might be forgiven.
Well, the pattern of the jacket is from Burdasyle magazine. The construction is fun enough, but I am not a fan of the bust-armscye shaping I got... the jacket is acceptable, but the pattern is not a keeper.
The pants are another matter. I made them before, but I forgot to take the seam allowance off and it made not sense… I am proud of having kept the pattern with some intuition of further use... and then here I discovered I had to take the damn seam allowance off. PERFECTION.
I have always wanted some classic chino-like pants, with pockets. These are perfect, and can be made in slim or wider legs. The book was worth it only for this pattern.
Well, all in all, I don't think I will wear it too often, but the fabric was not what I expected and i think I made the best I could out of it.
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