a spring blouse

Hello everybody!

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'I, yoshimi of yoshimi the flying squirrel, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-March '11. I endeavour to wear at least one self-stitched garment each day for the duration of March 2011'

Yes I'll have a go.
To confess, it seems difficult for me to take a picture of my outfit everyday, but I've decided to do my best. Visit Zoe's blog if you aren't familiar with her marvelous Me-Made-March '11 project, there you'll see a big number of us joining it. You may read my old posts here and here related to my past (pseudo) project as well.

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I sewed a pretty blouse.
This is made of very fine light-weight cotton, and it surely seems good for spring wardrobe. Although neither the fabric or the print was very unusual, the construction of this blouse was somewhat unique. It has got a set of dolman sleeves with a long shoulder yoke which extends to the hand cuffs.

by courtesy of TAMANEGI-KOBO.

I'm showing you my flaps.
Aren't they cute with this flowery pattern?

The thing is, I'm not a good shirt wearer. However, sometimes I feel I look OK in some casual types of blouses and shirts. (On the other hand, I'd look rather stupid and awkward in nice, formal, and traditional shirts. I'd also feel like that I'm borrowing someone else's clothes in that case. Very sad!) So I chose dolman sleeves and omitted collars to make it even more casual. I think now it's very wearable to me, yes I like it very much!

I also made a pair of pants, in a cotton denim, too. Haha, I can hear what you say. The color of the fabric is very blue. And it is, you are so right, a funny color. I suppose it's the one of the colors which remind us past ages. Anyway, I liked it because of this interesting color. However, I will not be wearing the blouse and the pants together so often, because they are somehow and strangely matching too much well with each other, in color-wise, and it can make you laugh when they are present together. I think they can be worn separately and there will be no problem... Well, there has to be not!


I wish you a lovey day,
xoxo
yoshimi

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spring blouse
pattern: TAO(dolman sleeve blouse) from TAMANEGI-KOBO size 9
sleeves: lengthened by 4.5cm
hem: lengthened by 10cm.
cotton lawnvoile, very thin, light, and soft. Blue flowery print.

blue pants
pattern: JOKER(semi-baggy pants) from TAMANEGI-KOBO size 9
pockets: modified (rear: patch pockets, front: angled slash pockets)
pants: lengthened by about 10cm.
Hemming was done after hot washing and tumble drying of the garment.
cotton stretch light-weight denim, soft, stretches well.
It was sewn into pants before the first wash and shrunk to get a fit by hot-washing plus tumble drying.
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