I struggle with summer outfits. Namely, I haven’t been able to find a style that I can wear to work. I only need to be casually dressed for work, but wearing sneakers, shorts, and a t-shirt is a bit too casual. I don’t mind dresses, but I need outfits that don’t look bad with sneakers. I was super inspired by this outfit I saw during this year’s Me Made May extravaganza!
You can see my version of a basic woven shirt here.
I made the same pants, True Bias Emerson Crop Pants. It took me two test pairs and a frenzy of edits to get the pants to a point where I think they look OK. I, unfortunately, did not follow any rhyme or reason with my edits. These pants weren’t easy for me to figure out, but I thought I would do my best to guide you through my changes.
Here’s a tracing of the original pattern.
I just went ahead and did a “knock knee” alteration of ½ inch before making my first test pair. I just found this great tutorial on how and why you would want to do this alteration:
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