Hi Everyone! Weeee! We’s in a different country for photos today! Yeppers! I’m frolicking about in Peace Arch Park, a beautiful and rather unique park that straddles the International boundary of Canada and the USA. It’s super close to home and the perfect venue for today’s post. Why? Well, one of the fun and unexpected joys of blogging has been experiencing a wonderful sense of community. I’ve come to know so many lovely and interesting people from all over the world. My peeps are a diverse bunch, and I love that! Today, as part of Oonapalooza {July’s sew-a-long as cooked up by the Sewcialists}, I’m happy to give a shout out to fabulous Oona from Oonaballoona. Oona lives in New York City and her world is one filled with colour, pattern, and mad sewing skillz! Needless to say, I’m a huge fan and I pretend we’re besties and now ain’t that embarrassing. Yep, Oona accompanies me to the fabric stores, whispering sweet nothings in my ear…buy dis, buy dat, more colour, more crazy!…Seriously though, if she didn’t live on the other side of the continent, in a foreign country, I’d totally do my dangest to get her to hang out with me. Okay, I know some of you have been waiting for them…these patterned, palazzo pants, Vogue pattern V2958. And I’m sorry it took so long, but it was a challenge finding just the right fabric. When I finally bumped into this swishy rayon…well, I kinda flipped for it. So much so, that I bought enough fabric to make a top to go with. At the same time, I was keen to step up my pattern/colour game. This is Oona inspired after all. And. Yes. This fuchsia print had me at hello. I bought .6m with the intention of adding it as a fun accent at the neckline or waistband, but I tell ya, that Michael Miller pink plain wiggled it’s way into an entire top. It just had to be. I pretty much held my breath while laying out pattern pieces on my precious and tiny piece of fabric. That top pattern, New Look 6799 by the way, is simply the bodice of my Paris In The Springtime Dress, lengthened a little, with the zip moved to the side seam. And, um…I added the length mid-bodice which was totally dumb; it messed up the dart positioning…duh…resulting in a bit … Continue reading PALAZZO PANTS | VOGUE V2958