Well, well, well, if it isn’t the neutral toned outfit of my dreams!

For the longest time, I’ve always admired the style of people dressed in beige and white tones (my pinterest page is full of outfit inspo in these colours!). Yet, somehow, when choosing fabric, I tend to gravitate to colours.

So I was determined to get a pair of beige coloured trousers into wardrobe rotation for the upcoming summer season.

Over the last couple of months, I’ve fallen hard for the Bisque trousers pattern by Viviane Shao Chen. I’ve made up both the tapered leg and wide-legged version – in wool and other heavy fabrics for winter.

You can read about all the details of my first versions here and here.

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But, even since I first sewed the Bisque Trousers, I have been thinking about what a great pattern this would be in linen.

And, in my first linen version, I can confirm that they do not dissapoint. I will probably sew more!

The hardest issue when making the Bisque Trousers, as far as I’m concerned, is decideding between the tapered and wide-legged version. I WANT BOTH!!!!!

My linen bisque trousers

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My Bisque trousers here are a size 18 with an additional one inch of length added to the crotch. Everything else is straight out the packet. This is my normal size according to the included body measurement chart.

The fabric for this version is a lovely, quite heavyweight, natural from the Etsy store Field of Linen. The colour has a ovely melange of beige and off-white and I am really happy with it! These photos and the bright sunlight really don’t do it justice, but it’s gorgeous!

And a bonus Ashton top!

And what do you do when you finish sewing a pair of lovely Bisque Trousers in a linen that you love and see you have a little bit leftover.

Why, make an impromtu matching Ashton Top by Helen’s Closet of course!

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This Ashton Top is a size 12 and if you want to read more details about my thoughts on that pattern, you can check out one of my previous posts on it: here or here.

In order to squeeze this in, all my facings are cut out of another linen (scrap busting bonus points!). I also had to cut the back in two pieces, one of which is in the cross grain. But I actually think it makes it more interesting that way.

Not sure if I’ll wear head-to-to matchy-matchy too often, but it’s nice to have such easy-to-wear pieces which will coordinate with a lot of my wardrobe.

Since everything today is a repeat make, I’m afraid I don’t have a whole lot more to share. Just now that I’m planning on living my best beige and white dreams in these ones!