Black Sill Blouse and Golden Pants

This was a planned outfit since the beginning, and the inspiration was the fabric for the pants. It is a polyester remnant given to me by a retiring seamstress (and thus, I feel not guilty for the polyester) and it is a gorgeous golden, patterned jersey with a great glow not captured by the camera.

 

I found the perfect pattern in a BurdaStyle magazine, and I made it straight away with no modifications, in size 40. It is perfect. As I've commented before, my local library (bibliobus) has BurdaStyle magazine, so it was a free pattern for me. 

I imagined the perfect match for the pants would be a silk blouse, so I bought 1,5 m of saten silk online at 45€/m. Not a bad price. 

For the blouse, I used an old pattern of mine that I love. At first fit I saw that it was somehow tight in my big boobs area, but I wanted to make French seams, so I made it 1 cm bigger in each side and no turning back. At 2nd fit, I saw it was still tight, so I made the (wrong) decision of making it 3 cm bigger in the centre button placket. I was very naïve of me not to consider the neck opening would result too big as a consequence, and I almost ruined it with this amateur mistake. In the end, I will always wear it with the neck unbuttoned and no one will notice it is too big, but it is a pity, because I know, and this is the last time I use this pattern. I do not understand how could it be small in the bust area, when I've made it 3 previous times, and it was great (and I have not put on weight), but I will not risk it any more. And I have a couple of blouse patterns I want to try. 

All in all, a great outfit, and I love it.