{"id":1785,"date":"2011-09-09T11:47:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T10:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2018-05-26T21:55:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T19:55:21","slug":"gingham-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/2011\/09\/09\/gingham-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Gingham summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/robe-vichy-jaune-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1032\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/robe-vichy-jaune-2.jpg?resize=604%2C721\" alt=\"robe-vichy-jaune-2\" width=\"604\" height=\"721\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Vacations have come to an end, but not the summer, which fortunately ends on september 21st. Which leaves me the chance to show what I&#8217;ve been up to since june, and also the hope that I&#8217;ll get to wear my new clothes a few times before the beginning of fall.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I changed a few things to my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/?p=678\" target=\"_blank\">original plan<\/a>, but mostly stuck to it, and I&#8217;m pretty proud of myself : I found myself travelling with a perfectly matching wardrobe, including my brand new home made garments. Despite the use of a plain and of a striped fabric, thic capsule wardrobe is mostly about gingham: I must be slightly more under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/?p=899\" target=\"_blank\">Bardot&#8217;s influence<\/a> than I am keen to admit. <!--more--><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/short-vichy1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-959\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/short-vichy1.jpg?resize=620%2C683\" alt=\"short vichy\" width=\"620\" height=\"683\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first step was these Ruby mini-shorts (maybe not the most flattering shot, but certainly the funnier). I&#8217;m very happy I went out of my comfort zone on this one : a few months ago, I would have been completely lost while reading the cryptic instructions. Fortune rewarded me with a matching hat on sale at my local supermarket. Good girl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/jupe-rouge1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-961\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/jupe-rouge1.jpg?resize=607%2C715\" alt=\"jupe rouge\" width=\"607\" height=\"715\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also began sewing simple accessories this summer: this pretty Charlie bag is finished with a matching bias, and I fixed a matching picnic tablecloth. Did you notice the Crescent skirt? it&#8217;s lined!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/jupe-vichy1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-964\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/jupe-vichy1.jpg?resize=620%2C686\" alt=\"jupe vichy\" width=\"620\" height=\"686\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This skirt hardly counts as a sewing project. I used it as a replacement of one of the dresses of my original plan. I had just finished the <a href=\"http:\/\/sewaholic.net\/tag\/crescent-sew-along\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crescent skirt<\/a> and found it a little too complicated for me, so I just made this simple gathere rectangle. Nevertheless, it&#8217;s one of the garments I wear the most (especially to bike).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/pantalon-rayc3a9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1035\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/pantalon-rayc3a9.jpg?resize=597%2C707\" alt=\"pantalon-rayc3a9\" width=\"597\" height=\"707\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s keep things simple : I dreamed about light, striped trousers, the kind you find as beach cover-ups, and the pattern I had already used for my <a href=\"http:\/\/carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/2011\/03\/mix-match-bloomers-pyjama-dhomme\/\" target=\"_blank\">menswear-inspired pyjamas<\/a> did quite the trick.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/robe-vichy-jaune-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-968\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/robe-vichy-jaune-11.jpg?resize=604%2C725\" alt=\"robe vichy jaune 1\" width=\"604\" height=\"725\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, the gingham yellow dress. I still think of the seersucker chevron dress, but I thought I needed more experience with bias before going freestyle with chevron effects. And I must admit I find the (self-drafted) sweetheart neckline, matching bias finishing and full skirt quite lovely. This project owes much to the sewing blogosphere, since I spotted the basic bodice on <a href=\"http:\/\/charlotteauzou.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">l&#8217;Atelier<\/a> and downloaded the full skirt from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncarnetsanspages.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Un carnet sans pages<\/a>. And what&#8217;s more, it is the garment that finally triumphs over the Carlotta&#8217;s-dresses-always-end-as-a-failure curse: it is my first true dress!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vacations have come to an end, but not the summer, which fortunately ends on september 21st. Which leaves me the chance to show what I&#8217;ve been up to since june, and also the hope that I&#8217;ll get to wear my new clothes a few times before the beginning of fall. I changed a few things<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/2011\/09\/09\/gingham-summer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Gingham summer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[41,54,57,62,143,303,305,307,323],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2287,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions\/2287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}