Linen Maritime Shorts
Here is a real wardrobe workhorse - these Maritime Shorts must have been worn hundreds of times since I made them!
These shorts were made before our trip home to Australia for Christmas 2018. It turns out that it was perfect timing - I had already made the Ogden which I am wearing in these pics, and I knew that a navy pair of shorts would be perfect for my wardrobe.
This linen is a fabric I picked up from Guthrie and Ghani, and the lining in the pockets is the scraps of Liberty lawn from the dress I made for the bbq the day after my wedding. I actually still have enough to make another set of pockets out of it, so I will be keeping it and making it last as long as humanly possible. It's such a nice lining and of course compliments the linen perfectly.
These were the 'real' shorts that my starry print ones were the test for. Making those, they came out a little bit big so for this pair I went down a size and they were perfect! They fit really well, and I got the buttonhole round the right way first time this time too! I really like the pocket design of this pattern, and when I made my Lander shorts I transferred the back pocket pattern piece from this over.
Unfortunately I don't think I have much more need for Maritime Shorts in my life. I do have a cornflower blue twill I got from the Village Haberdashery which may become a pair at some point, although it may not stay blue? I definitely think in terms of wardrobe wearability I need some black shorts, then I don't NEED any others... But I do like them a lot!
I really like the way these are wearing! They only get more comfy and I love the worn in look they have. Navy goes with almost everything in my wardrobe and these are the shorts I go for the most as soon as the weather is nice enough to get my legs out.
These shorts were made before our trip home to Australia for Christmas 2018. It turns out that it was perfect timing - I had already made the Ogden which I am wearing in these pics, and I knew that a navy pair of shorts would be perfect for my wardrobe.
This linen is a fabric I picked up from Guthrie and Ghani, and the lining in the pockets is the scraps of Liberty lawn from the dress I made for the bbq the day after my wedding. I actually still have enough to make another set of pockets out of it, so I will be keeping it and making it last as long as humanly possible. It's such a nice lining and of course compliments the linen perfectly.
These were the 'real' shorts that my starry print ones were the test for. Making those, they came out a little bit big so for this pair I went down a size and they were perfect! They fit really well, and I got the buttonhole round the right way first time this time too! I really like the pocket design of this pattern, and when I made my Lander shorts I transferred the back pocket pattern piece from this over.
Unfortunately I don't think I have much more need for Maritime Shorts in my life. I do have a cornflower blue twill I got from the Village Haberdashery which may become a pair at some point, although it may not stay blue? I definitely think in terms of wardrobe wearability I need some black shorts, then I don't NEED any others... But I do like them a lot!
I really like the way these are wearing! They only get more comfy and I love the worn in look they have. Navy goes with almost everything in my wardrobe and these are the shorts I go for the most as soon as the weather is nice enough to get my legs out.
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