Wear to Where – Coffee Shop

Guys!  I’ve been waiting what feels like forever to share with you this Wear to Where tour hosted by Wild+Wanderful and Gardening in High Heels!  It is such a fun and original idea and I’m honored to be a part of it.  The idea was to take several places or situations and then have sewing bloggers AND fashion/style bloggers post an outfit they would wear for the occasion.  It’s a melding of worlds and so far the tour has been a lot of fun to “watch.”

The “where” that I signed up for was a Coffee Shop Blogging Session.  Cause let’s face it, the actual blogging part of being a blogger is the most boring part, so if you’ve got to do it you might as well go out to a coffee shop for a treat and change of scenery, right?

I wanted a casual top with a slim fitting pant to wear with my newest booties.  I continued on my Clover Pants fitting expedition (started here), and though worn in front of the mirror these looked great, you can see that the stretch sateen I used has puddled and is hanging weird after wearing them around town for a couple of hours.  So it’ll be back to muslins I go.  Pants fitting seems to be a never ending work in progress.

For the top I used a testing version of the Cheyenne Tunic coming soon from Hey June.  There are a few tweaks I need to make to this pattern as well, but once this pattern is released you guys are going to LOVE it.  I’ll definitely post more when the pattern is released because I need more of these in my life.

This outfit is casual enough that it’s comfy for sitting and writing all those posts I’ve been putting off, but dressed up enough to feel put together walking around town.  

My favorite part of this coffee shop photo shoot was that it wasn’t a coffee shop at all.  I had roped my friend into coming along to take the pics for me (a tripod set up in public in a small town didn’t sound too fun), but of course the local coffee shop is closed the day we planned the pictures.

So we (and our kids) went to one of those coffee stands in the front of the grocery store!  Haha, it was ridiculous.  The lighting was awful, the tables were directly in front of ALL THE PEOPLE who were checking out their groceries, and I swear the whole town thinks I’m a crazy person now, but I have to admit – terrible picture quality aside – that it was pretty fun.  So I guess we can say that this wear can also be worn at the grocery store, hehe.

Be sure to head over to Wild+Wanderful or Gardening in High Heels to check out the other brilliant bloggers, sewists and stylistas on the tour, as well as be able to link up your own looks and show us what you would Wear to Where!
Now let’s talk giveaway prizes for this tour!!
For the sewists: Choice of 3 patterns from Cole’s Creations, Choice of 3 patterns from Made for Mermaids, Pattern of choice from Patterns for Pirates, Pattern of choice from Scientific Seamstress, Sewing-tee of choice from Sewing Stadium, Pattern of choice from Simple Life Pattern Co, Pattern of choice from StitchArt
For the Fashionistas: Set of 6 cards from Designs by Nicolina, 30 minute Social Media/Copy Consult by Gardening in High Heels, Tee of choice from Handmade Escapade, $20 Store Credit from Jenny Penny Designs, Tumbler from Joy+Tren
A big thanks to our amazing sponsors!
Cole’s Creations | Designs by Nicolina | Gardening in High Heels
Handmade Escapade | Jenny Penny Designs | Joy+Tren
Made for Mermaids | Patterns for Pirates | Scientific Seamstress
Sewing Stadium | Simple Life Pattern Co | Stitch Art
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