{"id":555,"date":"2019-11-21T19:25:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T02:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/?p=555"},"modified":"2020-03-08T21:54:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T03:54:11","slug":"fall-winter-sewing-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/11\/21\/fall-winter-sewing-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall-Winter Sewing Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I started garment sewing in the fall of 2017, I’ve tried unsuccessfully to put together a seasonal sewing plan. I tried the Seamwork “Design your wardrobe” online course<\/a>. I tried the yearly Make Nine challenge.<\/a> I drew sketches and made lists. But in the end I couldn’t decide on a list or plan, much less stick to it. Ultimately I suspect I wasn’t ready to commit to a plan, as I wasn’t confident of my sewing abilities. But this fall I realized I actually had a plan, I just hadn’t articulated it. I looked at the fabric I bought recently and saw lots of olive green. I’ve been trying to make coordinating pieces that mix and match, and I noticed that the sketches I drew were of complete outfits — bottom, top, top layer and jacket\/coat. <\/p>\n

I wondered if I could combine those outfits into a plan or a mini capsule wardrobe. As someone who loves puzzles, I returned to something I’d tried before but abandoned — a wardrobe sudoku. The idea is to create a \u201csudoku\u201d board of 4 rows and 4 columns with each row containing one top, bottom, accessory, and shoes to create an outfit. You end up with 10 outfits using 16 pieces (reading the rows, columns and 2 diagonals). Pattern Review had a sudoku contest and you can see what people made here<\/a>. And here’s an explanation of how the sudoku wardrobe works. <\/a><\/p>\n

In fall, winter and spring, I wear a top, a cardigan, a bottom, and, on errands and my afternoon walk, a jacket or coat. I don’t wear many accessories — jewelry or scarves, and my shoes are boring — sneakers when there is no snow and boots when there is. Since I’m interested in making\/sewing, I decided on 4 categories I could make: top, bottom, top layer and jacket.<\/p>\n

I knew that sewing 16 items wasn’t realistic for me, plus I wanted to make the outfits work with things that are already in my closet. So I picked 8 things to make, and 8 things I had already made or bought. I also wanted to pick both patterns I’ve made before as well as a few I haven’t, and to vary the complexity — easy knit tops and more time consuming button ups and coats. Here’s the grid, and below a list of the items. The cells in the grid with the yellow-ish background are things I’ve already made or bought.<\/p>\n

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Tops:<\/p>\n

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  1. True Bias Nikko Turtleneck<\/a> in olive wool jersey. I’ve made this top several times, so no fitting necessary. And a quick sew!<\/li>\n
  2. Vogue 8772<\/a> button up in green\/black plaid flannel. I made this shirt last year and wear it often with black jeans, but would like to have it work with other things in my closet<\/li>\n
  3. True Bias Nikko Turtleneck<\/a> in black\/grey stripe wool jersey. I made this one earlier this fall.<\/li>\n
  4. Vogue 8772<\/a> button up in navy. Since I’ve already made this pattern multiple times, there’s no fitting. But it is time consuming with collar and button & sleeve plackets (not to mention getting the sleeve head to fit nicely!)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Bottoms:<\/p>\n

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    1. Vogue 9181<\/a> pants in olive green stretch twill: I haven’t had a lot of luck fitting pants — the back on the patterns I’ve attempted are a mass of wrinkles. But this pattern has 3 backs — so I’m hoping the curvy one will be more successful.<\/li>\n
    2. Vogue 9181<\/a> pants in a stretch denim: see above.<\/li>\n
    3. Self-drafted cropped black culottes. I took a pants fitting class last year, and these are the results — they are comfortable and since they are cropped they stay out of the snow when I run errands! <\/li>\n
    4. Ready to wear midi wrap skirt in loden (dullish grey green). I really like this skirt but don’t wear it enough.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Layers:<\/p>\n

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      1. Ready to wear cropped navy cardigan.<\/li>\n
      2. Itch to Stitch Lisbon Cardigan<\/a> in olive wool jersey. I’ve made this sweater before, so no fitting required, and mostly sewn on my serger (well, there are button holes!)<\/li>\n
      3. Seamwork Elmira wrap cardigan<\/a> in black jersey. I’d like to have a few layers that aren’t standard button up cardigans. This is a new pattern for me.<\/li>\n
      4. Ready to wear cropped animal print grey\/black cardigan. I’m not sure this goes with the other things in my grid, but I don’t wear this enough so thought I would give it a boost.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Jackets:<\/p>\n

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        1. Paola workwear jacket<\/a> in navy denim. Made this fall — blog post here<\/a>.<\/li>\n
        2. Jalie Charlie Bomber Jacket<\/a> in quilted black ponte, made earlier this year. Blog post coming.<\/li>\n
        3. Mccall’s 6531<\/a> anorak in olive green twill with red zipper: This anorak is the most involved make on my list. It’s unlined, but realized after getting all the materials together that I really need a warmer jacket. So I’ll be lining this one.<\/li>\n
        4. Hey June Evergreen Moto Jacket<\/a> in olive green sweater knit. This is a new pattern for me.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          First up is the Seamwork Elmira wrap top. Do you have sewing plans for this fall\/winter?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Since I started garment sewing in the fall of 2017, I’ve tried unsuccessfully to put together a seasonal sewing plan. I tried the Seamwork “Design your wardrobe” online course. I tried the yearly Make Nine challenge. I drew sketches and made lists. But in the end I couldn’t decide on a list or plan, much … Continue reading “Fall-Winter Sewing Plans”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[2],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}