Choo Choo! Welcome to your next stop on the Rebecca Page Comfy Town Blog Tour!
What is comfier than a cup of warm tea, coffee, or hot chocolate, a good book, and a stuffie?
Having all of the above while wearing your comfy clothes!
Today I have a few hacks and tips for a few of my fave patterns by Rebecca Page Patterns.
The Paris Party Dress Top and Pippa Pants: The Oopsie Hack
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| Everything is better with stuffed Unicorns and Flamingos! |
I always forget about the Paris Party Dress *TOP*. And I forgot how flattering and easy to make it was. (an easy sew = automatically comfy)
When I received my recent Water Tower Textiles order, I knew this striped lightweight cotton lycra was meant to be a Paris Party Top!
It is the perfect fit, matches with my Flamingo Pippas, and is super easy to grade (I am a Medium to XL in *most* Rebecca Page Patterns).
The pants, however...let's just say - READ THE STRETCH REQUIREMENTS!
I failed to do this, as I was so excited to sew up my Flamingo fabric - which happens to be some lightweight sort of 2-way stretch fleece from a Walmart throw blanket.
So....when I tried on my Pippas, out came the seam ripper and my hacking noggin.
The pants wouldn't come up over my thighs let alone to my hips, so I:
- Measured the existing fabric (with stretch), and realized I needed to add another 6" on either side to get these birds on my not-so-stick-legs
- The pants fit my knees to ankles, so I knew I didn't need to cut down past where my knee hit - so I cut a straight line down the length from where the pants should sit (without the band) to my knee.
- I cut a slight angle on either side of the slit to prevent wonkiness at the point (knee)
- fdfaf
And after all that, they fit perfectly! And I now know to DEFINITELY size up the next time I don't use the proper stretch fabric for my Pippas.
The Strappy Cami and Pippa Pants
The Strappy Cami is a Subscription Only pattern - and it's SO comfy and easy to sew up. The grading makes it fit like a glove.
This is my fourth Cami AND pair of Pippas... I'm a bit obsessed.
But the comfort of this outfit screams: "Curl up on the couch with a puppy at your feet while reading a book and sipping on some tea!"
I like this Camisole more than others because it also has a Ruched Side version. I'm a sucker for Ruching as it hides my imperfections and I can nom nom without it showing (ha ha).
The fabric is the same fabric as the Paris Top above, from Water Tower Textiles.
Gideon approves of my next comfy outfit!
I LOVE this Comfy Cowl, and so does Husband. He compliments me on my other two all the time, so why not add a third into the mix?
I love the way it flows, the pocket option, and the cowl multi tasks as a head cover if I forget my hat!
Lightweight Cotton Lycra/Rayon from Water Tower Textiles. Obviously I have a favourite Fabric supplier, and Patty has awesome "clearance" fabric - my favourite way to shop!
Another pair of Pippas (#5!), with some awesome Scaled Fabric from Okee Dokee Fabrics. It's Double Brushed Polyester, and feels like a dream when I wear them!
I can wear all of these garments to be comfy at home, work (I *do* work from my home office 98% of the time), or just running errands.
I mean, who wants buttons, snaps, and tightness while succeeding at life? Not this girl!
Please visit all the stops on the Rebecca Page Comfy Town Blog Tour. Don't forget to comment on the blogs each day and enter the giveaway posts in our Facebook group or a chance to win some prizes from Rebecca Page.
- Monday, November 26: Rebecca Page (Intro), bigflynotions, Stitched by Jennie
- Tuesday, November 27: Ropp Originals, Flaxfield Sewing
- Wednesday, November 28: Simply Kyra, Seams Sew Lo
- Thursday, November 29: Seams Like Style, Jot Designs, Sixth Snow
- Friday, November 30: The Sewing Unicorn, PatchWitch
- Saturday, December 1: Sarcastic Sewist, Bellephant, Princesse et Tresors
- Sunday, December 2: Liviality, Soul Fed on Thread, The Scatty Sewer
