SWAP Spring – Summer 2016

I´ve thought long and hard about what I wanted to sew for this Spring or Summer. I have loads of clothes, part of which don´t fit me, part of which do fit me but make me feel very ´momish´. I like being comfortable but I know myself well enough to realise that I need to feel pretty as well, if I want to keep my sanity up 😀

So I sat down with all my pattern magazines and my stack of paper and PDF patterns to look for inspiration about what I want to make. The following lists feel incomplete and overcrowded at the same time. Making all of these garments is crazy ambitious so I´m not even going to attempt it but it does give me a fair idea of what I would love to sew.

Fashionable foundations

 

Top row: True Bias – Hudson Pants; Jalie – Stretch Jeans 2908; Megan Nielsen – Virginia Leggings; Bootstrap Patterns – Cinch Leg Jumpsuit; Grainline – Maritime Shorts Bottom Row: Deer and Doe – Fumettere; T&TB – Bettine (skirt); Simplicity 1717; Grainline – Moss skirt

I have to admit that the top row kind of scares me. I was never afraid to sew pants until the entire sewing community called sewing pants ´scary´ and ´hard´. I need to get over this ridiculous feeling and just sew them already, I´ve done it before with great outcome. The top row is less scary to sew , it´s just too bad that I can´t pull off any gathered or pleated skirts. I love the look of them but they make me feel like a fat toddler 😀

Chic Chemises

 

Top row: StyleArc – Demi Drape Top; StyleArc – Ronnie Wrap Top; Bootstrap Fashion – Short sleeve drape neck blouse; Colette – Aster Bottom row: Megan Nielsen – Darling Ranges (tunic); Paprika Patterns – Opal Cardigan; Seamwork – Astoria; Bootstrap Fashion – Cropped vest

Making outfits out of separates is kind of hard for me. I have lots of separates but nothing really matches, making my outfits okay but not quite good enough. My main problem are shirts. I don´t like wearing regular t-shirts so most of the time I´m stuck. I´m hoping that these few will make me feel comfortable and get a spontaneous compliment  out of the husband 😉

Fabulous Frocks

 

Top row: Megan Nielsen – Darling Ranges Dress; Cashmerette – Appleton; Bootstrap Fashion; Bootstrap Fashion; Bootstrap Fashion; True Bias – Southport Dress Bottom row: Dresses out of Knipmode magazine

I absolutely love wearing dresses. Throw on a dress, grab a cardigan and you are good to go. I really want to start wearing dresses again but they need to be nursing friendly or adaptable to be nursing friendly without looking like it (since I want to continue wearing them afterwards)

Cool Summer Nights

 

Left: Measure Twice Cut Once – Baseball Singlet; Measure Twice Cut Once – Darcy Boxer Shorts Right: Bootstrap Fashion; Bootstrap Fashion

It´s time to say goodbye to my ratty old pyjamas. I´m probably not the only one who keeps old t-shirts just to sleep in and has a heap of mis-matched tops and bottoms. I say ´no more´, I want to feel good crawling into bed with my husband 😉

My goal is to get a more cohesive wardrobe, a smaller wardrobe (for separates) and one that I absolutely love and feel good in, I´m trying to do this from stash wherever possible 🙂 Apart from the Jalie Jeans, the Southport dress and the Bootstrap patterns, I own all of these. I´m waiting to order the bootstrap patterns until the moment I actually want to make them as they are based on your own measurements, just like Lekala patterns.

More later!