Ellie & Mac To the Point Tunic & Dress

It's Wacky Wednesday at Ellie & Mac! This week I'm sharing the To the Point Tunic & Dress.

I've made this pattern only one time before and have intended to make another. The first one I made was a tad too tight across my belly, so I graded out one size for this To the Point Tunic.

Last time I really thought there was going to be enough ease that I wouldn't need to grade for my waist or hips. I was wrong. It wasn't a horrible fit on me, but I felt self conscious in it.

This one has the perfect amount of ease and I'm ready to make another!

I paired my To the Point Tunic with a pair of Greenstyle Creations Everyday Yoga Pants that I made with a reverse french terry  distressed knit.

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Greenstyle Creations Fabrics

Have you heard the news? Greenstyle Creations now sells fabric that is perfect for their patterns. Angelyn, the designer, sent me a box of the new offerings to try out. My sweet friend Sharon (Sweet Mama Life), also sent me home with several fabrics when I visited her recently. I finally finished sewing it all up and plan to give it all a test in the gym.

I love green - it's my favorite color. I received this Jade Tricot and loved the color. Angelyn sent me a few fabrics that I probably would have never considered buying. One of those being this Powerflex Highlighter Explosion.

It is so loud and bright! Now I know some of you are thinking - Aimee, you love loud & bright prints. Yes I do, but this is a bit on the pastel side and just not something I would have been drawn to.

That said - I absolutely love this base! It feels so good on. And I have to say this print looks great as leggings to work out in.

I made the Express Tank and Stride Leggings. The Express Tank lives up to its name. You can make one from printing to wearing in 10 minutes - probably less. You only need to sew the shoulder seams - hemming is completely optional when using a knit like this.

I used the Jade Tricot for my Express Tank. Which you might be wondering - what is Tricot. Tricot is just a fancy name for a swim knit. Swim knits are great for so many things other than swimsuits. Giving it a name like Tricot helps people see past swim and consider using the fabric for other uses.

Angelyn also sent me this Blue Grey Abstract print. It is on a Yoga Flex base. If you are familiar with Zenith & Quasar YSS - this is very similar.

I love this base and again - not a print I would typically pick. Only because it has pink and has a camo feel. And again - I think it looks great for workout leggings.

I needed a tank to match my new leggings, so I grabbed the silver light ABP from Zenith & Quasar to whip up another Express Tank. Don't look too close - I put the Express Tank on inside out!

I did a reverse coverstitch on my Strides with Navy thread and love how it looks!

Sharon gave me this Pink Vibrations print on the Dritex base. I personally am not a fan of this base. I love the print, but this base feels so tight and compressive on.

This base also shows a bit of white when stretched as evidenced by my behind. I am still committed to wear these for a workout. I might have to put them in timeout though until I lose a bit of weight.

I did reverse coverstitch on this pair of strides as well and used a bright pink.

I love that the Jade Tricot Express Tank matches this print too.

I also got a few different colors and types of supplex. Since I already have a few pairs of supplex leggings, I decided to make a Lille Tank and the Chelsea Pants with the red and black deluxe supplex.

My Chelsea Pants can out a tiny bit too long. Since we are heading into fall, I think I'll leave the extra length since I'll probably wear these with boots and shoes with a thicker sole. My flip flops are pretty flat and not something I'd typically wear with them.

I love the Lille Tank. I can wear it to work out in, and it also looks great under a jacket or cardigan to wear to work. I might actually wear this outfit to work with a denim blazer thrown on top - and wear some boots.

This red color was so hard to capture. The red sensor on my camera was blown out from it's brightness in these photos. It took some photoshop magic to calm it down.

I love the Everyday Yoga Pants! I have already made probably a dozen pairs and am sure to make a dozen more. I couldn't resist making a pair with this bold blue deluxe supplex.

These look so good with my Lille Tank I made last month.

I love this bold blue color and will be wearing these Everyday Yoga Pants a lot.

Be sure to check out the new fabrics at Greenstyle Creations!

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Greenstyle Creations Every Day Yoga Pants

I'm so excited about this blog post! First off, I want to thank Sly Fox Fabrics for supplying me with fabric and Greenstyle Creations for providing the Everyday Yoga Pants Pattern.

Since I was making the Everyday Yoga Pants, I decided I needed to make 7 pairs (one for every day of the week) and each with a different type of fabric to show you the versatility of the pattern. I find it helpful to see a pattern when made with different fabric so I can see how the drape effects the fit.

We will start off with the pair in my favorite color - the Chartreuse Modal Jersey.  This pair of Everyday Yoga Pants feels so good on. This modal jersey is so soft and feels slinky on my legs. It has a ton of drape and hangs nicely on my legs.

I attempted to take a photo of each pair in the pose below with one leg straight and the other bent out to my side. I'm hoping this lets you see easily how the fabric hangs. I'm wearing a Sinclair Patterns Shelby Tunic made with Athletic Brushed Poly from Zenith & Quasar. This beautiful butterfly print will be at preorder soon!

Every pair of Everyday Yoga Pants were made exactly the same. The modal jersey is a heavy weight at 250 gsm. It is opaque and my undies do not show through. It feels durable and I'm curious to see if I get pilling on the inner thighs.

My next pair of Everyday Yoga Pants is made with Techno Crepe. This fabric has amazing texture and looks "dressy". This color is currently out of stock. I love the soft drape of this fabric.

I wore this exact outfit to work one day and got so many compliments. The techno crepe feels amazing on, but it snags so easily. My necklace caused several small snags where it was hanging and I got a handful of others all over the lower half of my top. My pants had a few, but were not as noticeable as those on my top.

The techno crepe is lightweight and slightly sheer. You could make out my underwear through this pair of Everyday Yoga Pants. I made a Shelby Tunic and was made with leftover Techno Crepe and love that it's long enough to cover my behind.

Next is my Techno Scuba Solid Olive Everyday Yoga Pants. I was pleasantly surprised by the subtle sheen of this fabric. I love scuba for structured items and think it gives a completely different look to the pants.

As you can see here, the techno scuba sticks out a tad as it does not have a lot of drape.

The fabric feels very durable and I expect it to hold up well to wear. The subtle sheen makes these feel a bit dressy and I have a feeling I will wear them to work often.

My next pair of Everyday Yoga Pants is made with a single brushed poly. This particular print is no longer available.  I was fortunate to get an extra large cut of it to make a matching Shelby Tunic with it. I found that most of my pants and the two tunics I made all mixed and matched very well.

I also wore this outfit to work. I wore the day after I wore the techno crepe outfit. This one also garnered me many compliments. This outfit feels like secret pajamas. So much so that I slept in my outfit - bra and all. It was completely unintentional. I guess I was so tired I just crawled into bed dressed and woke up in the middle of the night and was tangled up in my clothes and realized I was not in my pajamas!

The single brushed poly is so soft and has a lot of drape. It feels amazing on. I do tend to have problems with brushed poly getting pilly on the inner thighs, but find that it's not as visually noticeable on prints as it is on solids.

I had to snap one photo showing my single brushed poly Everyday Yoga Pants with the techno crepe Shelby Tunic.

I know it's hard to tell from the full length photo, but these Everyday Yoga Pants are made with the Natural Ash Heavy Ponte de Roma knit.  I love Ponte de Roma (also referred to simply as Ponte) for work pants. It's structured and has the look and feel of RTW pants.

This Ponte de Roma feels great and I expect it to be very durable and hold up to lots of wear.

Here is a closer look of the Natural Ash Heavy Ponte de Roma. It is an off white color with black melange specks.

This pair of Everyday Yoga Pants are definitely more traditional as what most think of when they hear the term yoga pants. These are made in a Dark Mocha Baby French Terry. I love French Terry for casual pants and Baby French Terry is so soft and has great drape.

This Dark Mocha Baby French Terry is a great neutral brown that will go with a lot of items in my wardrobe. They are probably a bit too casual to wear to work, but they will definitely get worn a lot when I'm working from home and on the weekends.

The soft drape of this pair of Everyday Yoga Pants makes them so comfortable. This Baby French Terry does contain some rayon and I find that rayon tends to pill a bit more than some other fabrics. I'm interested to see how they hold up.

My final pair of Everyday Yoga Pants is made with Party Lights Swim Knit. Swim knit is one of my favorite fabric to make clothing with for the spring & summer.

Swim knit has great drape, feels cool to the touch, drys fast, and hardly wrinkles. I find it great for traveling as it packs up light & compact and looks great right out of my suitcase. And if you are traveling to a beach, encountering lots of rain, or like to hand wash clothing while traveling - it is pretty stain resistant and drys super quick.

It also looks great and is office appropriate. Plus you can get fun prints like this Party Light print. It looks great with the cream techno crepe, but will also look good with many solid colors. The smooth and slick surface of swim knit makes it great for swishy pants and you will not get pilling on the inner thighs!

I hope you can see from my photos that the Everyday Yoga Pants are a great everyday pant. Whether you need them for working in an office, want comfy pants for travel, or really just need some pants for yoga, they are the perfect pants. They are a super quick sew and easy to fit. They do come with a foldover waistband, but I did not use it. Instead, I used the contoured waistband from the Strides as I find a contoured band fits my shape better. The Everyday Yoga Pants are on sale for the month of May for $8.50. Here's one last look at all of my Everyday Yoga Pants.

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