PR&P Challenge Completed

Whew!  I didn't think I would get the outfit done by the deadline due to a fabric shortage.  I had to think outside of the box to get the look I was after.  All in all, I'm pretty happy with the outcome!

 

My look for this week's challenge is made up of 3 different separates, all Oliver + S patterns.
 

 

The top and skirt are both from the Sailboat pattern and sewn from Chez Ami knits that have been aging in my fabric stash.  The skirt is a size 6 and the top is a size 5 with an inch added to the body length and 2 inches to the sleeves.

 

 

 

The jacket is the Sunday Brunch Jacket with a few mods.  I eliminated the gathered sections and the collar.  Then I added a ruffle that extends all around the perimeter of the jacket.  The jacket is also fully lined. My inspiration was a Chino Ruffled Jacket from J Crew.

 

 

 I had some brown with pink dots fine wale corduroy in my stash but when it came time to cut the jacket out, I realized that I didn't have enough fabric for the ruffles. As my oldest daughter would say, Tear.:(  I debated about doing a plain jacket with no ruffles but couldn't give up my original vision.  I even dragged my neighbor off to scour the local fabric stores on Wednesday...no dice.  I almost picked up a different corduroy that had a cream background with multi colored polka dots even though I loved the brown and pink together.  Then the proverbial light bulb went off over my head. 

 

 

The solution?  Take plain brown corduroy and pink fabric paint and make polka dot fabric! 

 

Wednesday evening I sat at the dining room table using a pencil eraser to stamp polka dots on my fabric strips.  BK was fascinated with the process and begged to help.  Not this time, dear.

 

I spent most of today (in between school runs and fixing dinner) sewing up the top, skirt, and jacket.  I was hoping to be done when my model came home from school so we could take some photos outside.  I wasn't done in time but the nasty weather meant no outside photo shoot anyways.  We made do with an indoor shoot following dinner aided by my husband's shop lights.  He graciously cleared a space in the living room and set up the lights.  He's a keeper! 

 

 

 

 Guess which outfit BK wants to wear to school tomorrow?:)

eta:  Here are a couple more pictures that I took this morning.  The sun is finally shining again!

 

All spread out, you can see how the ruffle goes all around the jacket.






And this is how miss BK wore the outfit to school today.  Brown leggings and sneakers instead of white tights and crazy boots.:)