Greenstyle Creations Tempo Athletic Tights

I probably don't get to the gym as often as I should. I try really hard to go every day and do  pretty  good most of the time. But I really hate the winter months when it's dark when I head to work and dark when I get home. Usually when we get home from work, it's time to make dinner. I cannot work out after a meal. It never ends well. So I'm looking forward to March and the start of Spring. I've noticed that the workout tights that I grab over and over again are made with Zenith & Quasar Yoga Swim Spandex (YSS). It simply makes the most comfortable workout wear. I decided I needed to make a few new ones as I'm jumping in on the Greenstyle Fit Capsule Challenge. You can read about it HERE.

I decided to try the newest athletic tights from Greenstyle - the Tempo Athletic Tights. They feature color blocking which I always love for using up smaller cuts and scraps of fabric. 

I also made my tank top for my fit capsule as well. For it, I used the Apostrophe Patterns My Fit Tee (I chose the swing version). The Apostrophe Patterns are made to your measurements. I obviously measured some stuff wrong and ended up with very low armholes. But this works perfectly fine for working out in. I might need  to make a cute matching sports to wear under it.

I used Stormy Streaks YSS from Zenith & Quasar for my Tempos and used a black mesh for the calf insert. I have a bomber jacket made with this same YSS print. I should have grabbed it to wear with my Tempos to be extra matchy matchy. 

I used the teal lightweight athletic brushed poly (ABP) from Zenith & Quasar for my tank. The lightweight ABP is my favorite for tops. It's so soft and comfortable, yet it has amazing moisture wicking properties.

Here's a closeup view of my mesh insert. It's really hard to tell it's mesh as it's not stretched much over my leg.

I'm still on the fence about the Tempo Athletic Tights. I made this pair using a flatlock stitch on my serger. I was worried that the bulkiness of all these seams would feel strange on my legs. These feel really good. However, I find the colorblocking to not be very flattering on my figure. I honestly saw very few tester versions that I thought looked flattering - and that was on all body types, shapes, and sizes. It seemed that you had to be very mindful of color and pattern placement and my favorite ones all happened to use mostly all the same fabric with only color blocking at the calf (if they did incorporate another print or solid) and the ones I liked best on testers all used a fabric with a stripe like design. That's why I chose this Stormy Streak print. It's stripes without being stripes. I'm definitely going to make another pair - because I really want to try mesh sides with pockets. But I do think the Stride Tights have colorblocking that is more figure flattering, visually slimming, and make my booty look really good.

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