Actually pulling fabric and making The Plan...
So...The top fabric is wool gab, for the trench coat. It's been bagged up waiting to be sewn since 2007, and I found some moth damage on it. But it's mostly along the selvedges, and I purchased about half a yard extra fabric, so I think I can work around it. But the Simplicity pattern that I had traced has mysteriously disappeared...I thought it was in the bag with the fabric and such, but it wasn't. I may be starting fresh with one of the 4 or 5 trench coat patterns that are in my archived Burda Style magazines. sigh. And I'm giving myself 4 weeks. If I can get it done by Valentine's day I should have enough time left to get the rest of the SWAP done...but every weekend between now and then is booked. Gonna be tough. But even if that's all I manage to get done...it'll be done. Cause for celebration.
The rest of the SWAP fabrics across the front are:
1) black rayon (bamboo?) jersey. Jalie drapey v-neck top and Jalie cap sleeve t shirt
2) heathery gray ribbed rayon/lycra jersey. Jalie cap sleeve t.
3) silver rayon jersey. Jalie drapey v-neck top. This is almost the same color as the one I wore to death.
4) White cotton jersey. Jalie cap sleeve t.
5) Rayon/cotton/lycra 3 oz. denim. Button up shirt...pattern TBD
6) White cotton jacquard stripe. Button up shirt, pattern TBD. I may actually switch to a different white fabric on this, we'll see. For now, I pulled this one.
7) khaki stretch cotton/lycra sateen. Slim leg pants, pattern TBD. If I really have enough, it's a remnant from an earlier project. I've got about 2 yards and a long bit along the fold but it's only 45" wide. May have to switch this.
8) black wool/lycra tropical weight suiting. Loes Hinse Oxford pants and shortened Cutting Lines Designs InTheTrenches skirt.
That's 11 garments; not sure how I'm going to split them into 3-packs. The trench coat is obviously one Wild Card; not sure about the other. The denim shirt, perhaps...
I totally forgot to take the choir photo today; I was going to post this tomorrow but, well, maybe that'll give me a pinch more time to sew. 4 weeks...
Nice fabrics. If I counted correctly, that gives you eight tops, two pants, one skirt, and a trenchcoat. You should get a lot of mileage from those items, since the fabrics all seem to work together. It will be fun watching you create these!
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