{"id":399,"date":"2016-05-09T14:51:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T14:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fabricville.com\/?p=399"},"modified":"2016-05-31T13:13:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T13:13:48","slug":"a-comfortable-blazer-and-jeans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fabricville.com\/fr\/a-comfortable-blazer-and-jeans\/","title":{"rendered":"A comfortable blazer and jeans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately I have had the bright idea of actually sewing clothes that I would wear everyday, be comfortable in, and go together. An outfit.<\/p>\n

Crazy radical I know and let\u2019s not talk about how long it took me to get here.<\/p>\n

Specifically I wanted something I could wear to pick the kids up at school, wear to go to the grocery store to get the one thing I meant to get last time but didn\u2019t, or meet the mouse exterminator in.<\/p>\n

Real life, my real life, clothes.<\/p>\n

What I came up with, this time out, was the idea of a comfortable blazer, a sharper replacement for that old sweater with the pills on it that is a current tired day default, and some jeans-like unit.<\/p>\n

I am on a sort of jeans\/pants sewing tear at the moment, and am highly motivated by the fact I am getting sooo over skinny jeans. The truth is that if you are not yourself skinny you end up with long layers to cover it all and a midriff that feels more compressed than it deserves.<\/p>\n

I have been eyeing Butterick 5926\u00a0for a while. It had some of the hallmarks of a good pattern, separate upper and under collar pieces, darts in the sleeves at the elbow to give shape, and larger pockets for the longer view and smaller ones for the shorter view – all indications someone was on the case when this was drafted.<\/p>\n

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I made the longer view and used some navy and white striped knit pique I found at my local Fabricville. Interestingly I see Fabricville now has an online store so I can link directly to the fabric\u00a0here\u00a0<\/a>so you can have a look.<\/p>\n

Here is me in my version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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My best church lady pose. This was after the first take where my daughter kept saying \u00ab\u00a0Mom you are always talking and gesturing in the pictures. Try to look more normal.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I am so happy with this pattern I am definitely going to be making it again. A simple classic but without all the work of tailoring and ten times less restricting to wear.<\/p>\n

I made the size 14 as is with some construction changes.<\/p>\n

These were:<\/p>\n