Turn That Ho-Hum Office Dress Into Chic Remote Work and Travel Attire
Over the Past Pandemic Year, I’m Loving the Flexibility and Casual Dress of Working Remotely as a Lawyer from Home.
I Sew All My Work Clothes. But the lovely linen fabric that I purchased to Design and Sew a Work Dress, Sits Idle.
Work Dresses???
No Need for Dressy Office Wardrobe, if your only Work Mates are the H – K – and C.
Husband! Kids! And the Cat!
It is Time to Change it Up and Design and Sew Smart Linen Palazzo Pants.
Elegant Drape. Beautiful Cool Fabric. Great Classic Navy Color.
Simplicity Easy-To-Sew Palazzos! It’s All About the Cut and the Fabric!
Linen Fabric...Amazon LINK.
One Hour! Ready. Set. Go!
3 Simple Pieces to Cut. Front of Pants. Back of Pants. Waistband.
Simplicity Pattern - Palazzo Pants. Amazon LINK.
Love the Natural Linen. The Scissor Slices Through the Linen Like Butter.
Cut the Waistband Pieces.
Begin the Assembly.
Smart, Smart, Smart. Love the Clean Edges of the French Seams.
Assemble the Front Pant Legs to the Back Pant Legs.
The Weave of the Linen is What Will Make this Pant Special.
The Inner Seams of the Pants. All Carefully French-Seamed.
Measure and Sew the Hem. Fluid, Floaty, and Fun.
Thread the Elastic through the Waistband.
Sew the Elastic Waist Closed. DONE! One Hour!
Now To Put these Palazzo Pants through their Paces. With a Quick Travel Break from Work.
Let’s See How the Linen Pants Do Traveling on Planes, Trains, Cabs, Buses, Walking, and Trolleys.
San Francisco! The Palace Hotel!
First Stop – The Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit, San Francisco.
Very French Chic in Iron-Clad Linen. Barely a Wrinkle.
Breath-Taking Fabrications on Display at The Palace Hotel…Marble, Crystal, Glass, Velvet, Cotton, and Linen.
Linen!
Truly the Only Fabric that Can Succeed in Making Flip Flops Classy!
The Palace Hotel Chef Approves!
Linen Palazzo Pants for The Best Travel and Remote Work Attire Ever!
Safe Travels! Happy Work Day! Fast and Easy to Sew!
For All the Magic, Visit Doodle T and Me!
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Suggested materials:
- Linen fabric (Amazon)
- Simplicity Palazzo Pants Pattern (Amazon)
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great idea! Love your updo!
Hi Elizabeth - Thanks for your kind words...gotta' love the throw the hair up in a plastic clip doo! Jeanne - Doodle T and Me!