Dear readers,Let me start with all the seasonal greetings! I'm wishing you the best for 2017 and I'm totally late doing it, but I have an excellent excuse, about 25" inches long, which I plan on abusing all year long. If you follow me on Instagram you know that 1/ The Little Human came at the time she was supposed to, 2/ she's a healthy and happy one and 3/ she's the easiest baby since I have been putting her through a lot of traveling in the last 2 months and she didn't even complain. Or maybe she did and I mistook that for hunger, who knows ;-))Our life out of a suitcase in soon coming to an end after going to Haiti, France, back to Haiti and now emjoying Bogotá, Colombia. I can't say that I haven't missed home and I'm glad to be back in New York next week. Because as we all know, home is where sewing machines are!! When one itches to sew but cannot, there are usually two options available: shop ALL THE FABRIC or spend too much time thinking about what you could/will be sewing.I'm choosing the latter out of necessity, because i will not have any space to bring back fabric (crying face). Of course, announcing sewing plans for me is the equivalent of shooting myself in the foot and ensuring that none of those plans will ever come true. So bear with me, while I outline some imaginary sewing plans for 2017.2016 has been very happy year for me, except in the wardrobe department. I did not particularly enjoy dressing my pregnant self and I'm glad to be able to think again in terms of what I want to wear rather than what I can. This year, I want to strengthen my work wardrobe so I have this idea that I could sew a mini capsule of 9 garments, one garment a month, starting from February. I think it sounds reasonable, but only time will tell! Let me introduce you to my #2017MakeNine!
Blazers
I'm cheating in this category, because both my white blazer (here is The Kooples, I actually own this exact jacket in black and I love it) and my "Balmain-inspired" (lol) one were started in November last year and are well advanced. For the white one, I used the Veste Francoise from Republique du Chiffon as a starting point and for the Balmain, a personal pattern of The Pattern Line I hope to tell you later about ;-)
Skirts
I've been meaning to sew a Stella Jean inspired skirt out of some African wax I have (bought back when I lived in Zambia). I would be such a quick project, I think this year will be the year!! That's pretty much how wild I'm ready to go for work, the other two I have in mind are a white pencil skirt (shown above is Roland Mouret) and one with some kind of wrap front (MM. LaFleur) for which I would probably have to wait to recover my dressform, currently waiting in Haiti for someone traveling to New York City (anyone??).
Dresses
I like the neckline of the Gimlet dress released by Capital Chic but it may not be realistic while I'm still breastfeeding, so I'll see by next fall if I still like it. The other dress is also a personal pattern of The Pattern Line. I can't show it to you entirely because we have grand plans for this dress, but in case you want an idea of what is coming, you can go there. I'll write more in details about this project soon!
Tops
This is where I'm not totally set, it will probably shirts/blouses but what kind and with what patterns remains to be defined. A black poplin shirt (shown here is Theory) would be useful, as well as a lighter silk blouse (here is a recent Burda cowl pattern). We will see, the shirtmaking bug seems to be itching again! Any recommendations are welcome!That's it for today, let me know what you think and get ready for one of my blogging streaks where I blog 3 weeks in a row and then disappear for a while (hopefully not...)!!