Elle and Scout

When I haven't blogged for a week, you know things are hectic around here. It's assignment time for my husband, report time for me and the kids are tired and cranky. On top of that we went away last weekend, I haven't sewn in over two weeks and I don't even feel like it. I'm just tired. I'm hoping once my reports are finalised my sewjo will return.

While I don't feel much like blogging either, I do have a few makes to document on the blog. These aren't terribly exciting, but they are still good day to day items.

I feel like I'm one of the last people to make the Style Arc Elle pants. They are good and they fit well.

The fabric is a stretch gaberdine from Style Arc. This fabric is expensive, but I had some money stashed away in Paypal and thought, why not? The fabric is very nice to work with. It has great stretch and recovery, and is flattering. My only gripe with this fabric is that the stretch runs along the fabric, not from selvage to selvage. I normally use only a meter of fabric for trousers, but struggled to fit these into just one meter due to the way the stretch ran.

For my next pair I might raise the back rise as they do slip down when I'm reading on the floor with kids at school. But really, I'm not sure how many pairs I will make. They are a little boring and I don't feel like I have enough tops to wear with them.

I also made a Scout tee with a cotton poplin from Spotty. I have used this fabric before here to make a Grainline tank. I love this tank! It is probably my most highly worn item ever and I kicked myself that I didn't buy more of the fabric to make a replacement when it was available. Months past and I forgot about this fabric.Then one day, while waltzing around the sale section at Spotty I spied it and pounced. I purchased the remainder of the roll - just over 2 meters for a few dollars.

As it's a little cooler around here, I thought a tee would work better than a tank. I really like this pattern, but modified it slightly by raising and widening the neckline.

I still have a small piece of this fabric to remake the tank version in summer if I need.

Overall I'm happy with these wardrobe additions, but they are boring. Maybe I need to coax my sewjo back by making something really fun, like a frock.

Fingers crossed I find some time to tidy my sewing room this weekend.

Cost:
Pattern: Style Arc Elle pant = $12
Farbic: 1m Bengaline from Style Arc = $18
Elastic from stash
Total: $30

Pattern: Grainline Scout tee = $6.50
Fabric: 1.5m poplin from Spotty = $3
Thread from stash
Total: $9.50