Grey Silk Pussy Bow Blouse

 This is my second rendition of this wonderful pattern. 

I got the fabric 7 years ago in Goldhawk Road, London. It has been all this time in my stash waiting for the right project, and this sure is a perfect match. I needed a thin blouse for my Mitchell trousers and also for under smart jackets, and this is spot on. 

Pink Sweater and Pirate Jeans

 

I found this pink sweater fabric in Guthrie and Ghani, a fabric shop in Birmingham that we visited last summer. It has a small white thread that gives it a lighter shade, beautiful. The denim, I bought online in Denimlab. It has 2% elastic in it. 

I used my old Coco pattern for the jumper bodice, and then I hacked the sleeves using Aldrich's book method. 

For the pants I used an old pattern from BurdaStyle that I love, my Concert Twill Pants, although I had to take 1 cm off the external seams (x4!). Still, they kept falling down when I wore them, so I had to undo some self encased seams and take some 2cm more at the waist piece and the top of the sides seams. 

This is a wonderful pattern, the perfect crotch length, tight at the hips and straight wide from the hip down, I really love this pattern and I will use it again. 

Tartan Minishorts Suit

I bought this fabric online and it was a disappointment, 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.