It seems I was making a lot of organic jersey basics this winter final weeks! Probably the reason why is that they are much needed in my wardrobe, and much worn.
No big news about this one neither... My own pattern version of the Coco top, and a nice organic stropped cotton from The Village Haberdashery.
Candy for my skin.
Some projects are spectacular and glamorous, and some are practical and wearable, like this one.
Another gorgeous fabric bought at Ecological Textiles, and another rendition of my "Universal T-shirt" pattern. This time, I took 1cm off all seams, and added a wide round band for the turtle neck.
The result is perfect. I am embracing cotton for winter lately... I try to use only natural fibers, and for winter, we have wool or cotton. But wool is often itchy or too warm for interiors, whereas cotton can be really warm if it is woven in a dense manner, like in ribbed cotton, sweatshirt or thick interlock. They are warm but breathable and really sweet to the skin.
And if it is colder, we can add layers!
I ordered this organic C. Pauli sweatshirt cotton at Ecological Textiles, in The Netherlands, a very nice online shop, with good products at good prices. I love my jersey organic, specially when it is not so expensive: the touch to the skin is soft and nice, and I like to know I am taking care of my planet.
At the begining I only wanted to make the top, but I ended up having a lot of extra fabric becasue this piece is extrawide. I could have squeezed it in one metre if not for the hood, so I ended up ordering 2 metres (no partials possible), and when it was on the cutting table I realised I could also make me some pants. Note that I do not like the two pieces going together (I only put them on for these pictures), the top is to go with blue jeans or leggins and the pants are great with a basic black T-shirt.
For the top, I used again my Universal T-shirt pattern, because I wanted raglan sleeves. I added a hoodie (this is a personal addition to this originally Burda pattern), and a couple of centimetres in all the seams to make it bigger.
As for the pants, this pattern is a rub-off from some old tracksuit pants of mine, and this is the second rendition I make out of it. I made them extra long, preventing some shrinking.
