I bought the Reef pattern to make the top, but I had some of this fabric left over after making my Grainline Willow so I cut out the shorts (yes in August) on a whim. However, I didn't have enough for the inside of the shorts hem pieces. These two relatively small pieces literally held the process up for months, because the main fabric is a spongey, very drapey rayon woven, and I wanted something with the same fluidity. Everything in my stash was sort of earmarked, and I wasn't sure I had enough yardage, so I waited.
I cut a size XS, and I didn't cut the pockets because I thought they would mess up the lie of the shorts, and anyway I don't need pockets in lounge shorts.
Finally after a possibly bad idea shopping spree online at Mood, I had fabric. Enter the pale blue Rag & Bone stretch silk. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the rest of it - I'm thinking of making a two-layer Briar...
Easy to put together. I used french seams on the sides and zig zags on the centers. I did sew in the ditch for the waistband, very painstakingly, but I admit I'm finally flipping sides on this issue. Sewing in the ditch invariably misses something. I like it in theory - I mean, I like the action of sewing in the ditch, but the results are not very nice. You can see the line of stitching, missed fabric on the inside, and it looks messy. So I sewed the silk hems up by hand.
I can't say these are the classiest, or that they are the most flattering, but I quite like my haphazard pattern matching, I love the luxury of a bit of silk in there, and they are super comfortable. Of course, they aren't exactly season-appropriate...and it looks like I'm planning an endless winter this year, so it may be awhile before they become season-appropriate...but they were amazing on my recent trip to Thailand!
Ironically I think I will get a lot more use out of this shorts pattern than I will out of the Reef top. I'm still kind of puzzling how to improve that top for a wide back, and how to avoid the facings, but for now it seems like too much work to tackle.
I cut a size XS, and I didn't cut the pockets because I thought they would mess up the lie of the shorts, and anyway I don't need pockets in lounge shorts.
Finally after a possibly bad idea shopping spree online at Mood, I had fabric. Enter the pale blue Rag & Bone stretch silk. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the rest of it - I'm thinking of making a two-layer Briar...
Easy to put together. I used french seams on the sides and zig zags on the centers. I did sew in the ditch for the waistband, very painstakingly, but I admit I'm finally flipping sides on this issue. Sewing in the ditch invariably misses something. I like it in theory - I mean, I like the action of sewing in the ditch, but the results are not very nice. You can see the line of stitching, missed fabric on the inside, and it looks messy. So I sewed the silk hems up by hand.
I can't say these are the classiest, or that they are the most flattering, but I quite like my haphazard pattern matching, I love the luxury of a bit of silk in there, and they are super comfortable. Of course, they aren't exactly season-appropriate...and it looks like I'm planning an endless winter this year, so it may be awhile before they become season-appropriate...but they were amazing on my recent trip to Thailand!
Ironically I think I will get a lot more use out of this shorts pattern than I will out of the Reef top. I'm still kind of puzzling how to improve that top for a wide back, and how to avoid the facings, but for now it seems like too much work to tackle.
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