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This week I’ve been sharing with you the sewing I’ve done for my summer wardrobe. Wednesday I shared a skirt<\/a>, Thursday I told you all about getting perfectly fitting pants<\/a> and yesterday I showed yet more tops copied from a well-loved purchased garment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"pants<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are the same\u00a0crop\u00a0pants in black. The top is a fuchsia crinkle double knit with the yoke\u00a0in a yummy quilting cotton.<\/p>\n

\"pants<\/a><\/p>\n

Aaaaand here are the crop pants in khaki with the top in solid purple. I also made black &\u00a0khaki pants in a long version. Enough pants, already!<\/p>\n

\"skirts<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a cute little skort. I’ve had this tribal print for the longest time, but never had enough to make anything with it. I solved the fabric shortage problem by making the shorts underneath out of a solid black fabric, and you can’t even tell. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

You can find the free Sporty Sarong Shorts pattern here<\/a>. In order to forego lumps around the belly (where I don’t\u00a0need<\/em> any more) I skipped the tie and attached the two sides with hooks and eyes. This also saved on fabric.<\/p>\n

Oh, and that black top is the one that started all the copies.<\/p>\n

\"skirts<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, remember this leopard print skirt<\/a>? I think we all agreed that the length was awkward, just too long. So, I pulled out the pattern and found I could easily cut the shorter\u00a0version out of the longer. And I did. Much better, eh?<\/p>\n

Now I actually like wearing it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

So that’s it for now. Hope you’ve been inspired to try something new, perhaps copy a garment you love, get a great fit on pants or\u00a0redo something that isn’t working and make it just right.<\/p>\n

Whatever you do, happy creating!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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