When Heather first released the Sallie jumpsuit I went crazy for it and bought it almost immediately. However the summer was really busy and I didn't do as much sewing as I would have liked so I only got round to making it now.
I used a cotton jersey that I bought a few years back at Marche St. Pierre when I was in Paris. I think that it's such a great fabric for this jumpsuit but I should have paid a bit more attention to pattern placement (as usual) as some of the circle bursts are highlighting areas that are not necessarily my best features.
The pattern is really well drafted and the instructions really clear, however, I need a giant post-it note to myself to me that I should not make garments that I haven't tried before on my overlocker. I made a couple of really silly mistakes when sewing this up and unpicking overlocked seams is the worst! In fact it's so awful that this poor jumpsuit got put in the naughty corner for a couple of weeks while I huffed and played favourites with other, non-overlocked projects.
This is my entry for the everyday casual contest over on Sew independent. A jumpsuit is the perfect way of looking put together on a day when really what you want to wear is pyjamas. However, I did take my Sallie out for a non-everyday outing with my family
to Kew gardens.
Thanks to my sister for all the pictures of me! I took all the pictures of ridiculous plants which amused me greatly!
How great are these?
They had these great Palm/tropical plant houses at Kew which contained many pretty and/or fun plants!
Like this:
Or this:
Happy Monday folks, I hope the rest of your weeks go ok and that you all have secret pyjamas to wear!
You look super glamourous! Love the back neck tie detail xxx
ReplyDeleteThanks, it's a great pattern. It's a great way of looking pulled together while actually putting in very little effort. xox
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