Why?
Well over at Pattern Review they are holding their annual Mini Wardrobe competition and the rules state that it must contain 5 pieces to achieve 6 looks. Now I don't wear too many dresses and my wardrobe at present has far too many skirts and jeans in it to make any more.
The one area of my life that is very neglected is active wear. Now I am not a gym junkie, however 3 times a week, I work out at home and my current work out gear is looking a bit sad and sorry for itself.
The patterns I have chosen are:
Jalie 3022 Yoga pants
Fehr Trade Duathlon Shorts
Lekala Sports Vest
Fehr Trade VNA top
Seamster Patterns Advocado Hoodie
I took me a while to work out what colour combination I would like to use and have ended up using brown, navy, grass green and leftover pieces from this top
To start it all rolling, I decided to make up the Yoga Pants from Jalie
I traced the Size R and then scooped the crotch curve lower like I did for my Jeans and thought I would try a horizontal tuck of 1cm at the back upper thigh to see if this would remove the excess fabric in that area.
The yoga pants have a seam at the back of the leg, so I purchased some variegated embroidery thread that blended well with the top fabric to add some interest on the back leg and side seams as well as around the waistband.
To get this look, I threaded the embroidery thread in the looper of my Coverstitch machine and then set up the needles on the widest width and sewed the seam allowances down on the wrong side which gave me this very RTW look on the right side.
I didn't do the contrast waistband as I tend to wear my tops longer.
I used plain brown thread for the other seams using the same technique.
Here they are!
All the other pieces are in various stages of construction so I will be back soon.
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2014 Stash Out: 18.8 m
2014 Stash In: 45.75 m
