Tuesday 28 August 2012

Planning my wardrobe for my KL trip

In two and half weeks I will be flying to Malaysia for a work trip so have been giving some thought to my wardrobe.

I will only be away for a week, so will need to pack smart and light as I hate having to drag too much luggage with me when I travel for short trips.  I have to give two presentations and thought that I might wear my blue Chanel style jacket that I made for my sister's wedding, and with this in mind, I decided to use up the remnant of blue wool that I purchased at Linton Tweed that I found in their bargain bucket for just £5.00.

Now the reason I purchased this remnant was because it was the exact same wool that I purchased to make my Burda dress that I wore with my blue jacket for the wedding.  How did I know it was the same??  Ah well,  I knew it was the same was because I had my dress in the car and compared it to the fabric before I purchased it.  After making my dress I had a little left over and thought that this extra metre of fabric would give me an element of certainty that I would have enough fabric for a skirt to go with my jacket.

This morning (the last of my long weekend) I cut out and made the skirt from this McCalls 6042 Palmer Pletsch pattern from the single piece of fabric I purchased, leaving my original scraps left unused. I will post a photo/review at the end of the week, because  I still have to hem it.



Now what to do with that scrap of fabric left over from the dress, well I had just enough to cut out another Simplicity 4885 camisole top that I made out of the silk jersey.  I forgot to mention that with the silk jersey I omitted the side zipper, but I think the wool will not have as much give, and I will have to line it, so will definitely have to include it this time.

I cut out two other tops at the same time, in similar colour palette to make:

OOP Simplicity 9581 which you can see here when I made it back in January.  This time I am using a gray, lemon and white fabric which is quite sheer, so will need a camisole to be worn with it.  I also cut out


Bagdley Mischka's blouse again using another sheer grey leopard print fabric.  I have made this blouse twice before, once for me (not blogged about) and once for a friend as a leaving gift posted here.

Ideally, and time permitting, I hope to make a pair of gray trousers/pants to go with my wardrobe so I can get several looks from the key pieces.

I think I have a busy weekend coming up, but before I can get my teeth into my projects (all cut out, folded neatly into ziplock bags with their pattern cover, waiting for me to sew them up) I have a business meeting in London all day tomorrow and then a 7:25am flight to The Netherlands on 'Thursday morning and not back until Friday so I will just have to restrain myself until Friday night.

This is the nearest I have got to making a 6PAC but its getting there so fingers crossed for a trouble free sewing weekend.

Hope your sewing plans are coming to fruition. Catch you later.....................................................




9 comments:

  1. Love the wardrobe that you are putting together. It sounds so professional. In some ways I am jealous and in other ways I am happy that I don't need to dress up every day.

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    1. Lucky that I work from home for a couple of days a week, so on those days I don't have to dress up either. But I understand where you are coming from.

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  2. This will all make such a lovely ensemble. You'll knock them dead in these gorgeous clothes.

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  3. It sounds beautiful. I hope it is a lovely thin wool for Malaysia though!

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    1. Well, I will be predominately in a hotel with air con, so it really doesn't make too much difference, but it is a nice light weight wool and the tops are sleeveless or sheer.

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  4. I LOVE reading your blog and viewing the photos! Could you answer in
    wyour responses: "How do you get around to wearing everything you make?" There are
    so many lovely pieces! Carolyn







    C

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    1. Carolyn, thank you for your comment I am delighted you enjoy reading my blog. In answer to your question, Some things I make and wear quite a few times, some thing I make for a special occasion and perhaps only wear it the once. I guess that is one of the benefits of sewing. I also have the advantage of living out of two different homes so I do split my clothes between the two houses.

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  5. Lucky you, finding treasure in the Linton bargain bin! You are smart to get some extra mileage out of your fabulous wedding outfit.

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