Wide Leg Pants and a Body Suit!!

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Happy day to all!!!  While we here on the Texas coast were hoping for the best during a pending onslaught of a category 4 Hurricane named Harvey last Friday, my new pants brought to mind a tropical vacation, palm trees and all their windblown glory.  Anything tropical makes me feel happy, except a hurricane!!! 

All the details of the make is below:
The top is a bodysuit by @kommatiapatterns that I hacked into a cold shoulder along with changing the crotch to not have a line right across the buttocks.  You can't see it here of course!.  LOL.  I just laid the two pieces together and cut as one lower back piece instead of two.  For the sleeves, I drew the cutting line above the notches and lowered the center about 1/4" and widened the top of the sleeve by 1 inch to make is drape just a tad more then how much it would have, had I left if the regular size. 
Sew-To-Fit:  Bodysuit by @kommatiapatterns, Pattern hacked by Sew-To-Fit
Pants:  Burdastyle 3/2017 #115, by Sew-To-Fit, fabric from SmFabric.com


The pants are a wide leg, pleated trouser with pockets and an invisible zipper inside the side pocket, from the March 2017 issue of Burdastyle Mag..  I used a lovely, soft rayon crepe from SMFabric.com, which is actually on sale right now!  I put a facing in the hem and will most likely be uploading the video later on how to do the faced hem to my YouTube...so subscribe so you will get notified whenever it goes up.  
 This video playlist for all my pant fitting tutorials is here.
Here is the YouTube video related to this post:  https://youtu.be/oTsveZXy1IY

Until next time....take care.

Comments

  1. KarelAugust 28, 2017 at 9:08 AM

    Great look, Andrea! Love the top, love the pants...ok I love the outfit

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  2. RobinAugust 28, 2017 at 10:11 AM

    Love those pants and the fit is on point.

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  3. Faye LewisAugust 28, 2017 at 5:55 PM

    Love the colors. The outfit is stunning!

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  4. UnknownAugust 29, 2017 at 2:38 PM

    You are so neat and it looks very comfy.

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  5. TheTellTaleTashaAugust 30, 2017 at 9:19 AM

    You look amazing. Love the colors and the whole outfit!

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  6. Ann Made StudioSeptember 1, 2017 at 5:54 AM

    Love this outfit Andrea!! Colours are perfect together.. such a fun photo shoot :)

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  7. SewingfunthingsSeptember 1, 2017 at 4:19 PM

    This color green looks really nice on you. The outfit is sooooo fly!

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    1. Sew-To-Fit by AD LynnSeptember 2, 2017 at 11:08 PM

      Oh Dorothy. Thank you. I didn't even choose this color. Jennifer is my true stylist.

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  8. bpatricia74September 2, 2017 at 6:05 PM

    Looks great Andrea!

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