Eek! October one and I'd best slap up a plan so you all know I'm pretending I'm in.
I have a very casual life and wear pretty simple clothes. Our weather is fairly temperate so Summer garments work about 10 months of the year. Mostly I wear cropped pants of some sort and tee's or simple woven tops.
Just for kicks, and because so many people on other sewing forums and blogs dissed them, I decided to use some of Sonya Philip's 100 Acts of Sewing patterns. I'm a Creativebug member and all the patterns were downloads included with the classes. Sonya and I share a rather "Mad Hatter" style sensibility so I thought it might be fun to play with. Basic easy sew patterns become a terrific blank canvas for embellishment, pattern hacking or just letting a special fabric shine. So, I'll be using Pant, Shirt and Tunic No.1 and Dress No. The tops can all be hacked into button front tops or used as jackets or coats. I've also got a boxy tee for knits from Butterick that would work into the group. I'll edit to add the number later.
I have amassed a grouping of black brown and grey fabrics, many of them tartans or stripes or embroidered, as well as both black and potting soil brown linen eyelet. These are various cottons, linens and rayons as well as blends thereof. I'll brighten things up with perhaps bittersweet, mustard, aubergine, olive and sage green and a shot of Zombie green.
Group 1:
(2 overs and 1 under)
Pant. Style Arc Ethel. Black Irish linen. Previously made. DONE
Top. Bittersweet. Pattern & fabric TBD
Tunic No. 1 Black Brussels Washer linen broderie anglaise
Group 2:
(2 overs and 1 under)
Pant No. 1. Grey cotton stripe.
Boxy tee. Olive cotton interlock.
Shirt No. 1. Black rayon challis.
Group 3:
(2 overs and 1 under - they must coordinate with either group 1 OR 2)
Pant No. 1. Black & brown tartan.
Shirt No. 1. Vintage brown rayon crepe. Lovely fabric. Have 11 meters.
Tunic No. 1. Sage. Fabric TBD.
Wild Card:
(Either an over or an under that coordinates with group 1 AND 2)
Grey heather Hacci sweater knit coat/duster from Tunic No. 1 or TBD pattern.
I think that hits it all. I'll tweek as I get going. I might swap out an entire group.