The 1st Butterick/Unique B4609 shirt (pink/black stripe) is done, the 2nd (blue/white stripe) shirt is waiting for buttons which are waiting for the hem. 
I've got some pants and a jacket to work on after these are finished, but I'm coming back to this pattern when I start my SWAP. All I have to do for a perfect fit is to extend the shoulder width a wee bit, tweak the forward shoulder alteration and raise the armscye a tiny bit more. I want to play with this pattern--maybe try different collar styles or a straight hem instead of a curved one.
The pants (1 pair black to wear with shirt 1 and 1 pair blue to wear with shirt 2) are coming along. I'm having rise issues. I have to pull the pants waaayyy up in the back to get rid of back-thigh bagginess and pulling them that far up destroys the fit in the back waist. I think it may be the fabric, which is a fairly heavy blue stretch twill. I'll finish these and start on the black poly pants. I'll be interested to see how the different fabric affects the fit. And in order to cut down on confusion I'm going to stick with PP Pants for Real People as a reference.
Too bad only one shirt goes with one pair of pants--not very good planning, that. Oh, well. I'm practicing my sewing and fitting skills right now--sort of pre-wardrobe plan preparation.
I scored with $1/yd fabric at Wally World--yards and yards of washable 'unknown blend'. Some gray, some textured greenish gray, and some nifty black w/pink and blue pinstripes. It feels like poly, could be some rayon in there. Maybe I'll do my first burn test to find out. Perfect weight for slacks. It washed and dried beautifully with nary a wrinkle. I'm going to use it to perfect both the pants pattern and my jacket:
I've got some pants and a jacket to work on after these are finished, but I'm coming back to this pattern when I start my SWAP. All I have to do for a perfect fit is to extend the shoulder width a wee bit, tweak the forward shoulder alteration and raise the armscye a tiny bit more. I want to play with this pattern--maybe try different collar styles or a straight hem instead of a curved one.The pants (1 pair black to wear with shirt 1 and 1 pair blue to wear with shirt 2) are coming along. I'm having rise issues. I have to pull the pants waaayyy up in the back to get rid of back-thigh bagginess and pulling them that far up destroys the fit in the back waist. I think it may be the fabric, which is a fairly heavy blue stretch twill. I'll finish these and start on the black poly pants. I'll be interested to see how the different fabric affects the fit. And in order to cut down on confusion I'm going to stick with PP Pants for Real People as a reference.
Too bad only one shirt goes with one pair of pants--not very good planning, that. Oh, well. I'm practicing my sewing and fitting skills right now--sort of pre-wardrobe plan preparation.
I scored with $1/yd fabric at Wally World--yards and yards of washable 'unknown blend'. Some gray, some textured greenish gray, and some nifty black w/pink and blue pinstripes. It feels like poly, could be some rayon in there. Maybe I'll do my first burn test to find out. Perfect weight for slacks. It washed and dried beautifully with nary a wrinkle. I'm going to use it to perfect both the pants pattern and my jacket:
To sum up my sewing to-dos for this weekend:
- Finish blue pants (attach waistband & hem)
- Finish blue striped shirt (hem/buttons/buttonholes)
- Make black pants--I wonder how fast could I do that?
- Trim jacket pattern & check for fit
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