A new Jacket

I had another sewing sunday today.  I made a jacket from some suade faux suade.  I used a new pattern, and I had some problems with it and although I made some alterations, I'm not sure that I'm happy with it.  Here's the first picture of the finished item.  There will be more on the pattern and my modifications later this week, as I must go to finish the Sunday roast now.

Glamorous ???

 I love these three quarter lenth peg or harem style trousers, they are so comfy to wear but I never seem to get the look quite right.

 These beige harem trousers were my first attempt at making them about this time last year.  They are much higher waisted than the pictures I have found this year.  I wore them a bit last year but couldn't really decide on a top.  Working on the black and beige theme shown in the first picture above, mine is in reverse, I teamed them with a black chiffon blouse that I made a couple of years ago and wear a lot.  It does look better on me than on 'Millie'.       

My second attempt used an original eighties trouser pattern and some black jersey fabric left over from a top I made this Christmas.  I had to make some alterations to the pattern as it wasn't made for jersey fabric and came out much too long.  Overall, I'm quite happy with this look (again it looks better on me than on 'Millie').  The shirt was made from chiffon a few years ago as a tunic, but it got caught on something and ripped at the bottom.  Worm with these trousers it can be tucked in and is them long enough to pull out to balloon over the waist.  The juries still out on weather this look will work well for me, it's very differnt to what I'm used too.
I wore these too work on Friday with a black velvet jacket that was a present many years age.  At lunchtime I went for a mooch round the shops as I had forgotten to take my crochet to work, and I was so pleased whena shop assistant in Next stopped me and told me how glamorous I looked.  Perhaps these are more of a success than I thought!!