Girls Night Out

One of our good friends is moving away, so the girls went out to dinner to say goodbye.  It was a good excuse to get dressed up and wear some of my dressier clothes that I've made.

The shirt is a Casual Lady from Go To Patterns.  It is made with a stretch lace that I lined with a white jersey, both from Girl Charlee.  I connected the shirt at the neckline and then hemmed the sleeves together.  The bottom hem is separate with the lace coming down a bit below the lining.

The pants are Sew Liberated's Simple Skinny Jeans. I am reviewing the pattern for them, so these were my super wearable muslin to check for fitting.  I'll elaborate more on the pattern in a future post, but I really like how these turned out.  The material is a gray stretch twill from Hobby Lobby.  It's pretty slinky and stretchy.  I wish it had a bit more structure to the fabric, but they worked for a dressier pant.

Thanks Melisa for taking these pics for me!

Sew Liberated provided me with a copy of the Simple Skinny Jeans pattern to review.  All opinions are my own.

Knit Foxglove Tank

I attempted a Foxglove Tank in knit this time.  I still didn't want it quite a loose as the original pattern so I used the Lille Racerback pattern too and kind of split the different in how wide I cut the front and back out. 

I love how the neck and arms are finished with knit strips on the inside.  Super easy and such a clean finish.  I finally figured out how to get a twin needle to work on my machine so hemming wasn't too bad either.  My machine does best with a very narrow twin needle to prevent tunneling.

This fabric is a dream.  It's so soft.  I would wear this every day if I could.  Pattern placement was tricky to avoid a feather right on the boob, but I think I pulled it off pretty well.

Mint Foxglove Tank (sort of)

When the Foxglove Tank came out, I loved the look of it.  All the tester's photos were so great.  So I bought it.  And then I bought this April Rhodes voile fabric, but didn't look at how much I needed.  So I had to get a bit creative and make it less flowy.

 

I added about 5 inches to the length in the front to account for my chest :).  I also took out some of the high low hem because I'm not the biggest fan.  Once I had it sewn up, it just wasn't laying well, so I added darts to the chest, using a blouse that I have as a guide.  Ahh, much better.

I still took it in a bit more on the side, probably a bit too much.  I like the fit, but it could be a bit looser at the hips.  I feel that as a size larger than most patterns are designed for, pulling off the blousy/loose look can be a bit tricky to have it look loose but not make me look bigger.

I think I'll like this pattern better sewn up in a knit.  I do like this shirt as an alternative to my typical knit shirts.  And check out those gold triangles.