Monday, November 28, 2016

Foliis Release, the full trifecta



Today, the Sofilantjes'* pattern portfolio is expanding again. The name of the newest gem is The Foliis*. The pattern has three main options, cropped jacket, long jacket (tunic length) and dress. The pattern is designed for Sweat fabrics and French Terry. After I sewed the cropped and long jacket in official fabrics, I wanted to sew the last option, the dress to finish my trifecta. I was curious to see how it would look in good quality jersey and it worked perfectly. I did double the front bodice, to stabilize the zipper as much as possible. I will show you all my sews in one post, so embrace yourself for many pictures. In the end of this post you will find info about the release sale, and if you are quick, you can still enjoy the end of the store wide Thanksgiving sale!


For me the most intriguing part of the pattern is the hood. I had never seen a hood like this, the pattern pieces look weird (really nothing like a standard hood). Like always, Anne turned me into a believer. The hood is designed to be extra decorative when down. The bottom of the hood is flat, which makes it lay straight on the back of the wearer. Not only the back, also the front looks extra nice compared to a regular hood. The hood actually looks like a special collar. In the dress version that I made, I even cut the fabric of the hood intentionally upside down, such that the hood, when down, looks extra awesome.




The long jacket has inseam pockets and the dress has contrasting pockets (I foresee many possible mix and match options there). I chose ladybug colors (black and red) for the pockets. The contrasting pockets both have a binding and facing, so it is a very stable pocket. The pattern includes two sleeve length, 3/4 and long. I put 3/4 sleeves on the long jacket. The length of the sleeves was shortened a bit in the final pattern. Both the cropped jacket and dress were made with long sleeves. The cropped jacket, I made during during pre-testing. I made my eldest several beautiful Sofilantjes' summer dresses, and with such a cropped jackets, you can easily get another season out of them.



In the official instructions, the hood lining has to be sewn to the hood by hand. Although I do not shy away from hand sewing anymore, I do try to avoid it if possible. I therefor sewed the hoods with a minimum about of handsewing, by leaving a turning hole in the lining and sewing the entire neckline on my machine. I made pictures during my second sew, and I will write a guest post in the near future on the Sofilantjes blog, to show you how you can do the same. Here you can find my tutorial on how to make the same changes.



All the main fabrics from this post were bought at Joyfits. You could call it a coincidence, but it actually isn't. Most of my jersey fabrics are from there, so it was bound to happen. I love the selection and prices at Joyfits. The ladybug fabric is still available there by the way, with a 50% discount. Last week, Joyfits had a crazy sale and I actually bought 30 (!) meter. So, as an alternative FHA (fabrics horders anonymous), I signed up for the movement that will sew 10 meter of fabrics (each) before the end of the year.



Under the long jacket (the red one), you can spot my first Orbis. The Orbis is also a pattern by Sofilantjes, but for now (coming moths) only available through One Thimble. My eldest needs some dance pants, so you will probably see more from this pattern on this blog in the near future.



As with every Sofilantjes's release, the release sale for The Foliis* is short and sweet. The pattern is 35% off for just two days. If you have a girl and like sewing jersey, you need this pattern. If you do not like sewing with jersey yet, this might be the ultimate reason to give it a try, three types of garments in one pattern. Due to the Thanksgiving weekend, Sofilantjes also has a store wide* sale at the moment through Monday, November 28th 11:59pm EST take 20% off of single patterns (sale items, like the Foliis itself are excluded) using the code THANKFUL.




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). If you buy anything through my affiliate links (*), I get a small commission (the price stays the same for you), I am very grateful for everything that feeds my fabric addiction.


7 comments:

  1. Stuk voor stuk weer pareltjes! Ik kijk uit naar je blog over de kap, want dat vind ik echt geen pretje in dit patroon, dat dicht naaien met de hand... maar het eindresultaat is prachtig. Dus als het sneller kan dan met de hand: graag! ;)

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    1. Yep, gaat heel snel, hoef je ook meteen die rits niet meer in te korten ;)

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  2. Kei mooi, 3 patronen in 1 waar voor je geld noem ik dat! Mijn patronenkoopstop zal er weer moeten aan geloven :-)

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    1. Heerlijk veel mogelijkheden inderdaad, ik heb besloten maar gewoon niet mee aan "stoppen" te doen, kan ik mezelf niet meer teleurstellen op dat vlak ;)

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  3. Erg tof die modellen en je hebt prachtige versies gemaakt!

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    1. En drie kledingstukken telde voor jouw uitdaging ;)

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  4. I love your trifecta! I think i should sign up too for sewing 10m of fabrics before the end of the year! Ahaha!!! I can't wait to see your next post on how to sew the hood with minimal hand sewing! :)

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