A touch or orange - Jalie Eleonore and Simplicity 8168

There is some time since I tried to sew pants because I still prefer my RTW pants. With just a bit of patience I am able to find good ones to buy and then use my tops to get the right vibes... The only pants I sewed and were a lot were the Jalie pull on jeans and some Burda pants soneone traced for me a long time ago before learning to do that myself...  I recently managed to find some stretch denims to buy and decided to have another round of Jalies:

I initially embroidered the back pockets but I didn't really liked the design and the color I choose in the end and decided to just try have some fun with orange jeans thread and decorative stitches ...I skipped the center back top stitching since I was already overwhelmed by so much orange...

he fabric I think had a bit more then 20% stretch and I might have lost a little bit of weight since the last round of those so I think a size down might have been better ( and I cut a blue pair at the same time with this... bah... might be OK is I just take it in a bit on the sides).

There is a Match your shoes contest on PatternReview at the moment and I thought that I can get a quick entry in if I make a top to go with the jeans and a orange pair of flats I just bought for the spring.

The shoes are not that impressive but they are comfortable and that was very important to me and the color seemed fun so ...
   I picked Simplicity 8168 as the top pattern. I been meaning to try that for a while now so time to get it done. I really love the design lines in this:

It is a woven pattern but I knew it will not be perfect the 1st try so I cheated and used 4 way stretch knits for it and I was right to do it... The dart is to high for me and I think I need it smaller ... the sleeves feel a bit to large  but I think the over all design is promising so I will try to tune it for me and do it gain in woven. The fabric was to thin to do facings so I I turned the edges and cover-stitched them.

The top probably looks better with more skinny pants and the jeans looked better with the other shoes but ... done is always good.

I haven't bought any fabric this week so catching up a bit on my score : Sewing 21 - Shopping 29.

I finally managed to get some pictures with my dresses for the challenge hosted by ElizabethMadeThis and have to keep the secret for 10 more days :). Sew 2 dresses to join the #dayandnightdresschallage.