Jumpsuits have been on my watch list for a little while now.
Debbie,
Christine (I challenge anyone to find a person who has made more jumpsuits than Christine!) and
Rosie have been subjected to many a jumpsuit tagged with their names on
instagram. #operationjumpsuit became almost my number one occupation. It's a well worn story now that I originally bought the Japanese pattern book
'Clean and Natural' because of the 'all in one' in it. I hesitated making it up because I wanted sleeves so continued to look at other patterns. I quite like a button down jumpsuit but I often came back to the simplicity of this particular design.
Over the Easter break I finally had an 'ah ha' moment and decided to combine my two loves in Clean and Natural: the
peplum top and the jumpsuit. I just can't stop with the dropped sleeve and high neck look of that peplum top. I had a whole stash of lush chambray in my stash that I'd bought from
Addicted to Fabric for exactly this outfit so my perfect jumpsuit was born.
There was a bit of hacking with the top I'll admit but nothing that was particularly troublesome. It was just a matter of angling the sides in more so that there wasn't gathering required. I did put in two darts as per the original design. Otherwise, it is basically out of the box pattern with about 3/4 inch taken off the top of the pants so they weren't quite so 'high pants'. The legs are as per the pattern so again, if you are taller than 5'2" - extend them! I however am quite taken with the tapered crop style of these.
The original design has elastic only at the back but after trying both options decided on elastic all the way around for a bit more 'definition'. The back is closed with an invisible zip. The sleeves were originally going to have elastic in the wrists, but after trying it on so many times with the sleeves rolled up this style really grew on me and I can imagine wearing it with a skivvy underneath as the weather turns even cooler.
I completely love this make. It is so fun to wear and goes great with my gorgeous vintage Liberty of London scarf that I received last year from the ever generous
Jen. This is going to be a go to Autumn outfit for sure. Warning - there will be more jumpsuits and in fact I bought some new Liberty the other day and when it arrived I felt like it would be perfect for another one of these jumpsuits with slightly adjusted sleeves. Seasonally inappropriate perhaps, but yes, destined to be another jumpsuit!
Do you have a favourite jumpsuit pattern? Will jumpsuits take off like culottes?
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