Thursday, July 18, 2013

eyelet pants (and a chimera top)

I've been feeling very experimental for some time. I mean it, sewingwise. The other day I felt like checking how my experimental pair of summer pants would seem if I used a blouse-weight cotton for them, and also how this simple but unusual T shirt would look if I used a feminine lace only in its back. So I sewed them. I wasn't very much ambitious for great success, but I just wanted to try these with some fabric remnants.

And they turned out interesting and nice, unexpectedly. That was surprising even to me. I have taken some pictures of the pants, so I'm going to write some for them today and would leave the other result for the next blog post.

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I used this gray cotton fabric covered with tiny cut off raw eyelets. I hope you can get it from the close-up photo. This is a pretty fabric (by the way those raw edges of the eyelets don't fray almost at all), and I think it would make pretty blouses. I made a pair of semi-wide pants in this fabric with an even thinner gray lining fabric attached as a single layer instead. I could have assembled the outer shell(pants) and the lining in the traditional way, but I didn't, because I wished that by handling two thin fabrics as a single layer these light pants would hold their shape better than having two separate layers. And it worked as expected. Though they are surely not suitable for *proper* occasions, they're great for my business and daily casual activities in this heatwave of Japanese summer. They're long, light and breezy, and cool, in my eyes. I'm happy with them so much! I may like to have another pair in some large plaid, don't you think they would be cool too?

I used Joker semi-baggy pants pattern from Tamanegi-kobo, I'm so loving this pattern, because it elongates and straightens my legs very much. yay.

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summer pants
pattern: Joker semi-baggy pants(PDF) from Tamanegi-kobo
not much altered or adjusted
fabric: Cotton cut-off eyelets, light gray, thin, soft, matte, gauzy, with summer polyester lining
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don't try to ask me if the blouse is handmade, it's ten-year-old and store-bought...

I wish you're having a lovely day.
I'm going to post the chimera top soon!

Love, love,
yoshimi

20 comments:

  1. These are very flattering pants...I love them!

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  2. Your pants are wonderful Yoshima and they look very flattering on you. As usual, a very inspirational post. I love the way you write. Straight from your heart. I'm sure you are as charming in real life as you come across in your blog:)

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  3. Pants look very nice and cool!

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  4. Really lovely pants.. I'm loving grey at the moment and I love the grey and white together. Can't wait for the blogpost on the top.

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  5. Lovely pants! the styling looks so relaxed yet polished, just loving it :)

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  6. I really love your pants, it look very comfortable and perfect for summer. Great work as always!

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  7. I am wild for eyelet this summer so I really like them.

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  8. Eyelet at summer is so nice. Your pants look so comfy but stylish/elegant. :)

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  9. I'm glad you showed that close up shot, because that fabric is wonderful! The pants look great and I bet are even better in person when you can see that texture.

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  10. You have simply stunning style! Love love love these pants so much.

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  11. They turned out really well. I like them a lot.

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  12. Those are great. I would have never thought to have done that.

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  13. wow, so creative, and the result is so becoming!

    Ceci

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  14. These are lovely! I have quite a few pieces of cotton eyelet in my stash but haven't sewn anything with it because I am never sure what to make! I may have to think about pants now. Thank you for the inspiration!

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  15. Your new trousers are absolutely beautiful! You are such an inspiration!

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  16. Beautiful pants and they look so good!

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  17. These pants are stunning. You have such elegant taste.

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  18. The trousers are gorgeous. And experimenting is always a fun way to learn new things end up with unusual pieces that are fun to wear.

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  19. Oh wow... that fabric is fabulous! I'm so jealous of your trousers... they are beautiful!

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  20. What beautiful trousers and a lovely blouse. I love to see experiments with eyelet fabric--so many possibilities...

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