a denim suit

I hope you all are doing great!

As for me, I've been slowed down. I maybe need to tell you that I always kinda enter the period of hibernation at the onset of the summer. I'm not good at dealing with the hotness. I hope I can survive this summer too...

By the way, that's the one of the biggest reasons why I miss England so much. I love the mild and lovely summer there. I'd be sobbing with happiness if I were in the Kew Gardens at this moment.

However I'm here in Japan, in this hotness.

I recently sewed a pair of pants in a flowing light linen/rayon denim. They look like and actually are similar to Thai pants. I hope you can see that they have a narrow wrap area in front. The closure is done by a pair of buttons, and it has no waist band. Very wide and relaxed pants. Yes, they really are comfortable to be in, even in this heat, because of the flowing fabric and those wide legs. I'm happy with my new summer pants!

Then I experimented, I mean, I sewed a sleeveless top in the same denim as you see.
Oh la la, A BLUE DENIM SUIT?

Despite the fact that I started it to make fun of myself and also to entertain you in a funny way, I ended up with thinking that they were lovely with each other in some way.

Yes, I failed but I feel good, after all.
I hope you like it too!

Love,
yoshimi



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Thai style pants in denim:
pants Emerald (PDF pattern) from Tamanegi-kobo

sleeveless top in denim:
blouse 5762 (PDF pattern) from anneedeux*

fabric: linen50/rayon50, denim, indigo x light gray, flowing, light, bouncy, smooth
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Linen gauze cardigan blouse

Hello!

I've got a small piece of indigo linen gauze, and I couldn't think anything but making it into a cardigan blouse. I imagined it would make a very nice casual and feminine light jacket-like cardigan blouse (sorry for my wobbly English!).

And I think it did.

The most recommended fabric for the pattern I used was light jersey, but my fabric was a thin and coarse linen gauze. It resulted a pair of air-filled sheer sleeves, as I wished.




This time to assemble, I combined the jersey waist band and the woven bodice by overlocking together. Like we do all the time to the combination of jersey waist band and jersey bodice. However, I've learnt that I'd better to baste my woven bodice to make it slightly gathered before attaching to the jersey waist band, instead of simply binding them together. Otherwise, I'd get my soft waist band too stretched and the least neat gathering on the bodice, like I did. I think it looks a bit untidy in the end, because I have chosen the wrong strategy on my coarse gauze. Experience is the best and real teacher, indeed.

Photo below: The sleeves were basted to make gathers before serging, but the bodice was bound to the waist band straight away. You see the difference, don't you. Maybe I'll fix it, but maybe not. You know what I mean.

That said, I'm loving this blouse overall and so much. I'm sure I will use it very often. I'll also try the pattern again, with a bit of wisdom which I didn't have!

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Linen gauze cardigan blouse
pattern: "Rachel" cardigan blouse from anneedeux* (PDF)
size38. Shortened the bodice by 5cm.
fabric: Linen gauze, thin, light, coarse, indigo. Cotton jersey, soft and smooth, stretches well, good T shirt weight, dark blue.
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The jersey dress was one of my last summer's creations.

Happy sewing to you!

Love,
yoshimi

P.S. Thank you for your compliments on my shoes in the past posts. I know you're wondering if I own other pair of shoes. Your feeling is right. I have no other pair. (No you can't!)

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