Although these are both patterns you’ve seen before, this time I’ve sewn them in quite a different fabrication.

It’s the Style Arc Bob pants again, and the Pattern Fantastique Aeolian tee again, but both sewn in suiting-weight woven wool. I was fortunate enough to obtain the length of fabric from a clearance of ex-Job Warehouse stock, and figured that it would be worth a try with the Bob pants.  Having enough of the fabric to cut out the top as well as the pants was an unexpected bonus.

You can see the lovely herringbone grey and white weave in the above photo. From a distance (such as in many of these photos) it reads a bit as a shiny silver, but that’s not really how it is in real life.

Last time I sewed the Bob pants in corduroy I used the Barry pocket pieces, and I did the same thing again for this wool pair. Details are really the same as in my previous post. Someone commented that my Bob pants are a bit more ‘sleek’ than theirs. I sew size 12, which is probably a couple of sizes smaller than recommended for my measurements. My waist to hip ratio is close to 1, and my thighs are relatively small, so as long as I can shimmy into the pants and they’re comfy to wear, adjusting the waist elastic measurement to fit comfortably seems to result in a comfortable and aesthetically pleasing fit (to my eye). I wouldn’t universally suggest going down a size or two for these pants (although wouldn’t suggest sizing up); consider the style ease and your own shape in working out what you prefer. They are meant to be relatively roomy!

I used silk remnants from another project as the inside pocket bag. It adds a little bit of hidden luxury, and smoother to slide your hand into than if both pieces of the pocket bag had been in wool. You can see in the next photo that the elastic doesn’t gather the waist in a great deal for me. I usually leave the elastic secured by a safety pin for a couple of wears before stitching it in place and tucking it properly inside the waistband casing to make sure that I’ve got it right.

Although I’ve sewn the Aeolian tee many times before, I almost always sew it in a knit. Because I was using a suiting weight woven, and because I’ve got larger, I reprinted the pattern and cut it out as size Large instead of the Medium that I have used in the past.

I am pleased with resulting fit. Boxy and oversized, it should layer nicely over a long-sleeved tee and provide plenty of warmth. I used a lighter weight woven cotton to make bias tape that was used to face/finish the neckline, and I topstitched alongside each of the raglan seamlines for both decoration and stability.  The wide hems were also topstitched in place.  I really need to give them another press and get the clapper onto them!

I’m not actually likely to wear these two garments together in this combination, but at least I got some photos taken!