I am one of those people that only ever buys a metre of fabric, or maybe two, but never one of those people that buys 3m or 5 m on a whim. Even this time, when I was sure that I had bought 3 m of this Milly stretch sateen, which should have been plenty to make a collarless jacket and cropped pants. I must have only bought 2 1//2 m. Once the jacket was made, I only had enough for a pair of shorts.
I could have changed my plan, but I knew that I would never wear a matching skirt, and as I already had the Stylearc Luna stretch pant pattern cut out and alterations to the pattern made, I thought I would forge on ahead. After reading Kristy's post on pants fitting, I was eager to try a different way of altering the Stylearc patterns to fit me, by using the method she described for a forward tilting pelvis. I didn't make any other changes to the pattern.
It is hard to tell in this fabric, and they have been shortened, but I think the alterations worked pretty well. Enough that I will go and buy more of the Stylarc patterns that I have admired but thought would take too much work to get to fit.
I have paired the shorts with a tee based on the SJ Tee by Papercut patterns. I have made this tee twice before. The first time I made a medium, and the neckline was so huge that the tee was unwearable. The second time I cut a small and added a really wide neckband, but the proportions and fit always felt a bit off. This time I cut a medium, but added 2 inches height to the neckline all the way around, and added a hem band. Finally, a version that I like.
2 comments:
I’m so glad that my changes helped you (relieved actually!)
These are great looking shorts and may be better suited for the vibrant fabric and your weather than pants anyway, right!!?
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