Finished - Blue Striped Linden Sweater

She might not look like much, mostly because of my bad habit of forgetting to iron before photographing my clothes, but I'm quite smitten. Say hello to my new Linden sweater. It was a quick and easy sew and I'm very happy with how it turned out. It's great adding some vaguely basic pieces to my wardrobe. A navy sweater is definitely on the basics list but this adds some interest with the texture of the stripes.

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Finished - Blue Striped Jacket

It's important to sew things you can get a lot of wear out of. So when you live somewhere that's almost never warm than means things with sleeves. I made this same pattern in yellow stripes to practice before trying it out in this fabric which I really liked. The thickness and the texture were perfect for a warm jacket.

I was a little bit conflicted at first on how it turned out. I was a bit taken aback because I thought it looked a bit much like a bathrobe. But with time and wear I've gotten over it and really liked the end result.

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Finished - Yellow Striped Jacket

I still have quite a few pieces I haven't gotten around to posting on the blog. The goal is to get them up before the New Year. So first on the list is this striped jacket. At the time I bought a fabric that I wanted to make a kimono wrap like jacket but I wanted to try the idea out first in something else. I had this yellow fabric laying around so I decided to try the jacket idea out first.

Considering it's cold outside longer than it's warm, the more jackets/long-sleeves the better. This jacket turned out better than I expected it to be. I decided very quickly after sewing this beaut up I would get right on sewing another up!

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Get The Style - Striped Jacket

Striped Jacket by wallarand featuring a green blazer

Jaeger color block jacket, 2 655 SEK / Bazar Deluxe colorful jacket, 5 955 SEK / Etro jacket, 24 255 SEK / Étoile Isabel Marant woven jacket, 4 305 SEK / Boutique Moschino embroidered jacket, 7 195 SEK / Lined jacket, 1 205 SEK / Karen Millen brown coat, 3 525 SEK / MSGM jacket, 5 085 SEK / Jean Louis Scherrer green blazer, 1 490 SEK / Mango, 825 SEK / Mango, 1 060 SEK / Custommade clothing, 3 360 SEK

Turns out finding an interesting striped jacket is hard. Here are some not so basic stripes for your viewing pleasure.  

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Finished - Fall Striped Jacket

Continuing on my streak of making things out of season, here is a perfect fall jacket. Yeah the jacket might seem a little out of place right now but fall comes back around every year.

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Finished - Striped Winter Coat

As someone who has always lived somewhere that has cold winters, I have a special place in my heart for a winter coat. Considering for a large chunk of the year all anyone sees is your coat, I'm a big believer in having a few to wear. It's taken couple of weeks to share but here's a look at my newest coat. 

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What I Wore - Lazy Summer Day

For some reason I have a couple of outfit pictures I never got around to putting up here. So excuse me while I slowly catch up on those. This is from when it used to be warm around here. Awww, how I miss those days! 

Shirt // Diy
Skirt // H&M
Sandals // Steve Madden

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What I Wore - White Coat

I have a couple of things I've been working on that I haven't been able to get up on the blog. In the meantime I've been running around trying to get things done, which for some reason hasn't been working out. Here's just a quick snap of what I wore today. I think it is amazing how much of my closet is made up of things I've thrifted or things I've sewn myself. This one in particular is almost all thrifted.  

Coat // Thrifted

Sweater // Thrifted

Shirt // Winners

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Striped Knit Long Sleeve Shirt

I realized I didn't really have many long sleeve shirts in my wardrobe so I made myself a fairly simple one.

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