Item # 3 for my wardrobe should have been the simplest piece. I managed to completely mess it up, so I'm going to have to replace it in the wardrobe. For the sake of honesty in journalism, I'm sharing it with you.
This picture actually looks not too bad. These aren't supposed to be hoochie tight, though. My major error was actually post-cutting. I cut a size 12, then once I had sewn all the major seams, I tried on. I zipped them up, and they immediately fell off me. So I pinched out a bit at the side seams and at CB and ran back to the machine, made the corrections as pinned, and finished the pants - without actually trying them on again. Ooops.
From the side you can see the wrinkles at the hip and how the waistband is straining to hold me in. Not an attractive look...
The back view actually isn't that bad, but they are saved only by the 25% stretch in this fabric. I wouldn't be able to zip them otherwise.
It really is too bad that I screwed them up. This is nice fabric and I like the contrast yoke (done with the wrong side of the fabric). I think this pattern is a winner, so I'm going to try it again. Just maybe not right away. I need the sting to heal first.
I actually would have worn them this way, since I don't tuck. I'm also not really happy with the way that they look with this top, so I was considering replacing them in the wardrobe anyway. The problem - with what???
Here is my storyboard as it currently stands. I'm going for a casual but pulled together look. I'm thinking about a simple skirt or a different capri, but I have no idea what fabric I want. Here are a couple of things from the stash I'm thinking about.
They top left is a heathery grey ponte knit. I've been planning to make
Butterick 4807 out of it. I think it would go with my theme and color scheme, but I can't see it with my last piece, which is a button down shirt. Next to that is a vertically striped twill, also grey, which I would love to make into
BWOF 06/2009-104. This would be awesome with the buttoned shirt, but I'm afraid there would be too many stripes going on with my
burda style tee. The bottom two are a navy linen and lavender twill. I don't have specific patterns in mind for them, but I was thinking a simple capri or A-line skirt would work for either. What do you think? Would you change it up with a skirt? Keep the capri? What fabric do you see here? I have no idea where to go!
