Heavy tencel Samford trouser set

I needed a palate cleanser sew recently, and decided to go for elasticated waist trousers because that is my comfort sew. I've made three pairs of the samford set trousers previously, and two pairs of shorts in the kids size, but they've all been pyjamas. There's no reason why they can't be proper trousers though, so I tried this.

The fabric is the heavy tencel from merchant and mills, that I bought many years ago to make some Miller trousers with. That pattern didn't massively work for me though on my first go, so I just left the fabric sitting in the stash. It's perfect for this tough, it's substantial, but also super drapey. And these trousers have a lot of swish to them, so drape is ideal. One thing about it though is that it is extremely frayey, and if I did this again I think I would overlock everything before I started sewing the pieces together to save me from having to snip the frayey bits off after

The pattern I've obviously made many times before, and I didn't use the instructions, so nothing to report other than I still haven't figured out how much I need to shorten the legs by. I took (I think) 10cms off before cutting out but this still has a massive hem using another 12 cms. I needed these to be wearable outside without soaking up the rain, less of a problem previously with the pyjamas. It might still be a little too long even now!

After I made the trousers, I was pleased to discover I had enough fabric left for an Elizabeth Suzann Georgia top, another of my comfort patterns. I must have made a dozen of these by now! I usually French seam these but given what I learnt about the fabric fraying I decided to overlock and topstitch down instead. The pattern has a bias binding piece to make it in the fabric, which I do sometimes do, but with this fabric I'm pretty sure that would have ended in disaster, so I used shop bought

Patterns: peppermint samford set trousers, Elizabeth Suzann Georgia tee in the shortest length

Size: G for the trousers, one size for the top

Fabric: merchant and mills heavy tencel

Adjustments: shortened the trousers by 16 (?) cms. Finished the neckline of the top with shop bought bias binding