My husband and I celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary on Thursday. He surprised me with a stay in the honeymoon suite of a French Country-style bed and breakfast. It was lovely and restful.
I’m so glad I had something special to wear to our romantic get-away. I finished my apple dress in the nick of time. I could nit-pick some fit issues, but instead, I think I’ll just focus on the positive: It’s a flattering style and my husband liked the amount of cleavage it exposed.
He deserved a little eye candy, since he also surprised me with a gorgeous new ring.
Yes, of course I cried.
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The trousers may have been a flop, but I LOVE my new skirt.
This skirt is Butterick 5885. It has fantastically roomy side seam pockets, a back zipper and stitched pleats. The pattern offered two different lengths. I chose the longer of the two and am glad I did, since I’m not yet skilled at managing this amount of fabric during the day. Sometimes it gets a little rucked up, like when I’m trying to climb out of the car, and I’d be in serious danger of displaying my knickers to bystanders with a shorter version of this.
It’s such an easy pattern! I can definitely see making another one of these, perhaps using a nice crepe fabric for fall. I also need to make a more flattering top to wear with this. The untucked blouse isn’t quite right. I tried tucking it in, but it looks odd on my short-waisted torso. A nicely fitted white knit top might just do the trick.
P.S. I changed the look of my blog today and added a Google Friend Connect thing-a-ma-jig over there in the sidebar.
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I finished sewing a pair of trousers and thought they were pretty nice. Then I took photos and wanted to toss them into the barbecue, pour lighter fluid on them and then strike a match.
Really, they’re not too bad from the front, perhaps a little saggy at crotch level, but I was willing to live with that.
Then I had a look at the back. Eek gad.
That undies show-through is nothing short of embarrassing.
I also thought I had the waistband adjusted properly, but look at the enormous gaposis that resulted:
I could carry a small child in that gap. Who needs a sling or Baby Bjorn when you could just stuff baby in your pants, kind of like a kangaroo in reverse?
The pattern isn’t bad–this is Jalie 2909 stretch trousers. They’re based on the same block as the jeans I love so much. I don’t imagine fixing the problems I encountered would be any more difficult that adjusting any pants pattern; however, I don’t think this is what I want in a pair of trousers. I don’t want trousers that fit like jeans. I want trousers that fit like trousers should–elegantly fitted through the waist and hip and looser down the leg.
This is not the pants pattern I was looking for.
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