There’s a family wedding coming up, and as the father-of-the-groom’s wife, I just knew that my “uniform” of Jalie’s Eleonores wouldn’t do.  Time to dress up.  A bit.  I don’t wear dresses anymore, except in the heat of the summer, so it was going to be some sort of pant outfit. 

I chose Melanie 3889 in a flowing floral rayon print, over a sleeveless Dolman 3352 in a bright pink thin knit and Vanessa 3676 pants in black pinwale corduroy. A dear friend gave me the jewelry a few years ago and it’s perfect with this all dressed up in Jalie outfit, don’t you think?

All Dressed Up in Jalie, my Pattern Hacks:

Melanie 3889:

• Shortened it by 5 inches
• interfaced the neckband
• omitted the pockets
• made the belt but am not going to wear it with this outfit

Dolman 3352:

• the neckline is cut 1/2-inch narrower at each side
• the front neckline is raised by 1-inch
• the neckband was cut at 2 inches wide recalulated for length.  This knit has virtually NO memory so I used 80%.
• (confession, I mixed up the right/wrong side of the fabric for the back, but only another sewist would notice.)

I wrote a post about making another dolman here: Sew Easy Jalie Dolman 3352 – SewWhatYvette

Vanessa 3676:

• raised the rise by 1-inch
• omitted the faux fly
• omitted the drawstring
• lined the pocket in a wild pink/black/grey stripe
• totally hacked the legs to a lantern leg.

Black curdoroy does NOT photograph well, my appologies.

I’m really pleased at how this ensemble turned out.  It expresses ME perfectly.  

I haven’t shown hubby yet, he bought a 3-piece formal navy blue suit with a cream coloured shirt.  And that expresses him, perfectly!

If you would like a tutorial on how I hacked the Vanessa pant to the lantern leg, please let me know.