Safari Midi Skirt and Black Ribbed Top

After making two pants and reserving fabric for a third pair, I still got some cotton left to make a midi skirt. A priori, it seemed like a perfect match.

I looked through all my magazines for the perfect pattern, and finally I found one in an old Patrones. I hacked the pockets, changing them from jeans to smart pants pockets. 

The fabric was sparse, and I had to use another cotton shirting to make even the pockets facing. There was enough to make the side cargo-style pocket, with some snaps included.

It came up as awesome as I had envisioned, and the fabric was indeed the perfect match for this pattern, I love this skirt, and I am wearing it often. 

The only thing that I do not like is the back yoke. I tried to improve it, but I did not manage to make it gracious. 

Also from some remnant left from another project, I draped this top directly over my dress form, cutting the fabric on it, and sewing it directly after. I added some strips to finish the neck line in front and back, and also for under the arms, where it continued to create the straps. It is absolutely perfect, comfortable and becoming, my size spot on.

My top goes perfect with the safari skirt, and the Guess stilettos I bought in Prague, second hand. 

Workingman Pants x 2

Not all in life is party and glamour! We also have to work, and if we can do it in comfort and style, much better. My husband is a postman, and the company gives them their corporate clothes, but everything is polyester and besides that, he is tall and thin, and therefore, standard size pants do not fit him well. 

For those reasons, I have been making his working pants for some years now, in corduroy for winter, and in cotton for summer. I found this thin cotton twill, with a bit of elastane in it, online, in the UK, and I bought 5 m of it. I have made two in a row now, because he did not have any left (he breaks them all with wear in two or three seasons, so the rotation is high). 

I made the pattern using Aldrich's book, specially for my love's measures, but after 10 years of using it, I lost 1 side and I had to make it again. For the second pair, I decided to use some worn down Dockers which fit him well to make the pattern.

Of the two patterns, my own is nice, but maybe the legs are too wide, and I do not like how the zip turned out. Of the second pair, the Dockers copycat, I think the bottom is too baggy. 

When I make the next pair in winter, I think I'll use my pattern but with slimmer legs.