I’m enjoying wearing my tweed bouclé knit jacket and dress, and since I still had more of the fabulous blue/black tweed bouclé knit, I decided to make a pair of wide-leg pants to go with the jacket. I used the Pattern Emporium Walk Boldly Pants pattern with a modified yoga waistband from Pattern Emporium Urban Pants. The Walk Boldly pattern really shines with more structured knit fabric that shows off the wide legs, and the Urban pants yoga waistband is a great substitute for the Walk Boldly elastic waist. I made these pants in my usual size AU 10 with my usual modifications. I used the lower waist, tapered the waist in a bit, lengthened the front crotch, contoured the yoga waistband and split it into separate inner and outer pieces, made the inner piece from a heavy athletic knit, and sewed half-inch elastic into the top of the waistband seam between the layers. I used the jeans pockets but sewed the pocket openings on a straight diagonal. And I added back patch pockets to play up the Channel vibe of the outfit.

Cutting the tweed was a bit of a challenge. I knew I wanted the vertical lines in the fabric to align vertically with the grain. I also attempted some plaid matching horizontally, but eventually gave up as the knit fabric was too fiddly for that. Fortunately, the plaid pattern is fairly subtle and so the lack of plaid matching is not obvious.

Now I have a dress, jacket, and pants in the tweed bouclé knit, and I still have a little bit more than a yard left. Perhaps I need a skirt? A sleeveless top? Or maybe I’ll use it to make something for someone else?

After I finished the pants, I decided I needed a turquoise blue scoop-neck top to go with the pants. I had just barely enough turquoise double-brushed poly left over from another project in my stash. I tetrised my adjusted size 4p Sinclair Bondi classic fitted t-shirt pattern to fit the little fabric I had with short sleeves and a cropped length — it was as long as fit the piece of fabric I had, but coincidentally, at 3-inches above hip length, also the perfect length to wear under the jacket untucked. It is a great length on me with high-waisted pants, but may show a smidge of midriff when worn with lower-riding pants. I made my usual broad and sloped shoulder adjustments and tried a new, slightly lower version of my screwp neck, this one made from the size 00 wide scoop. The DBP fabric is soft and stretchy, but also a little bit clingy to my rib cage, making me consider sizing up next time I sew a top with DBP.