New Look 6005 and a Sincere Thank You!

I am truly humbled and sincerely thankful for all of your kind comments and so excited to see who wins the give-away next week.  I love that this has been a fun experience for everyone.  I especially thank you for your willingness to share your advice, encouragement, and personal stories.  Awesome!  I am also happy that several of you mentioned that you enjoy seeing pictures of Maui and hearing about island life.  I'd love to continue to share stories and photos with you in this arena! 

Speaking of sharing, I do have a new ensemble to share!  I made New Look 6005, view B with the ankle tabs shown on view A.  I also made another Butterick 3028, because I just had to have one in white.  The pants are made out of a lightweight evergreen denim found locally ($6.99/yd and I used 2 1/4 yds.), and the top is made out of an exquisite, pima, cotton, interlock that I picked up at Fabric Depot during my visit to Portland last August (I can't remember the cost).  It is heavenly soft!  I'm bummed out the front view picture is fuzzy.  Sorry about that.  I'll try to update it tomorrow. 

The Pants
I cut a size 10 since the finished hip size was 39.5" and that gave me 3" of wiggle room.  For fitted pants I normally like 2" of ease, but in this case, with the drawstring, I wanted them to be a bit roomier.  I have actually made this pattern once before during Ann's Thanksgiving PJ Sewalong.  Those pj's fit me really well, but I did want to add about .5" to the width of the waistband so that the drawstring sat just a bit higher on my hips.  Since the waistband is turned down on itself, I added 1" to the width of the tissue, resulting in a .5" rise on the waist.  That is the only alteration I made to this pattern.  I decided to topstitch in white.  Here are some close-ups of the details.

One Cargo Pocket on right leg of pants.

Ankle Tab

Drawstring Waist with Front Pockets

What a perfect style of pants for busy moms on the go.  I am certain to add another version or two before soccer season roles around in August. 

The Top  
I've already linked to my original post for Butterick 3028 up above, but I wanted to show you a picture of how I pinned the back open and clipped the tight areas before I did my topstitching on the circle in case someone might be interested.

Hope your week is moving along without too many hiccups!  If you haven't entered the drawing, you are welcome to do so up through Sunday night!  Good Luck!