Free Flowing Jackets with More Sleeve Detail

 


Sleeve details in next pictures


Lovely fabrics All from G Street Fabrics Store 
I am there Sun Mon Tues Wednes and most Sat
Sun 11-6 All other days the store is open 9:30 to 7:30
On Sat I am usually there 12-7:30

I make all of my clothes, mostly from Gstreet
some are my fabric designs, which I use mostly on my free flowing jackets, sometimes I have an ocasional dress out of my design on sport lycra.

The places at the store that I use for these free flowing jackets are the poly special table and digging in the Treasure Hunt Room where we sell bits and pieces from Garment Districts in California and New York.  Some great finds in the 'Treasure Hunt Room' at only 3.97 a yard.  These jackets take 2.5 to 3 yards depending on sleeves and direction of print.  The pants about the same, 60 inch fabric for jackets, Pants can be 45 inch, but need at least 2 7/8 for the narrow fabric, and 3 if tall.
Crop tops Just however long you want the crop top.

Scarves are side piece from the back jacket piece leftovers, and pants-cross piece left over from the ends.

Earrings just take a square.

Sleeve detail - Very large for volume as it goes down to end.  Extra 1.5 inch for elastic casing.  The length hits exactly at my wrist.  The elastic circle I make loose and when making the sleeves make the circle first and just fold the fabric over the circle and topstitch by sliding the circle as I topstitch the casing.  This is easy and quick, not catching the elastic in the topstitching.  No extra time to pull elastics through.  I do this for any elastic pieces, in waists, sleeves, or ankles.

As you can see I don't have a closet,  all of my outfits are hanging from rafters and center boards as I live in an open basement unfinished.  The walls are mostly my creations of fabric, guitars, and family pictures and sayings.

Now here, you are seeing the crop top, simple with wide should straps to cover your undergarment straps.  Length of my crop tops are just below my waist.  They are loose and comfortable.  These are my favorite baggy palazzo pants with drawstring waist and no elastic.  They are a light crepe poly that drapes well in lime green.
The scarves are a dark green chiffon, with the jacket fabric, intertwined and tie knot at the bottom of the dark chiffon.  I have scarves and earrings of every fabric so that they are total outfits.  I also make masks out of the jacket fabrics, as I have an auto immune disease, diagnosed with biopsy about a Year and ahalf ago.  I don't take any chances, as statistics say I am beyond my expiration date, so I am living life at the fullest I can.  My outfits say it all.  LOL
Three sleeve details: 1. gathered 2. this square on end like the butterfly wings  

3. scoop end with lace

and of course regular sleeves on the pictures at the bottom of this blog.

I have to be totally covered in the outdoors, but I make kayaking outfits so I can still have the peace and serenity of floating in nature.  I carry a kayak in my car at all times, that is inflatable.



My inflatable pedalboard

My favorite morning views from kayaking

My favorite kayaking outfits, bathing suits under.

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