Lounge wear

I recently found out that Sew it up (Belgian initiative) also has a monthly sew along. As you know I love sew alongs and I also put theirs on my (mental) to do list. Their January theme is lounge wear. I presume that many of you would be delighted by such a theme, an excuse to sew comfy clothes that you can wear a lot. I have a huge pile of (ugly) comfy clothes. I do not like throwing clothes away, many pregnancy trousers and shirts have become my comfy clothes and I have a ton of them. Sewing does not always have to be practical, but somehow it did not feel right to sew new comfy clothes from my precious fabric that I would only be wearing at home while I have a huge pile of clothes suited for that purpose.

After I finished my Project run and play sew along last week I actively started brainstorming, I even asked my husband if he had any ideas. I asked him which lounge clothes he prefers on me and based on his answer I realized I should make some summer lounge wear! In the last weeks I have seen multiple beautiful summer dresses so I am jumping on the summer bandwagon.

I took my pile of woman Ottobres and flipped through all of them and settled on a set of shorts and a sleeveless shirt from 5/2011. For the top I did (as usual) not fully follow the pattern directions. I decided to line the cups with flannel (upcycling from a flannel baby towel) to create more support, left out the button placket and I put in breast darts instead of putting elastic at the top seam as well. The breast darts were a first. I thought home wear would be perfect to practice with and I was right, I need practice. I used a meter of Eline Pellinkhof fabric that I bought myself last year just because it was so pretty (I bought the whole blue line). A meter was just enough (or just not, I had to make an extra seam in the back to ensure enough fabric).

I totally owned the pattern last year and it is clearly for me so I will also link this post up to sew your pattern stash. Besides sew alongs I love being efficient.

I love to hear what you think of my creations. Feel free to leave a comment in the language you prefer (although Google translate might have to assist me if you choose something different than English, German, Dutch or Hungarian).