Rebuilding a wardrobe, new patterns to try

In considering what I will make to rebuild my wardrobe I’ve been looking at some patterns that on first encountering I dismissed as not for me.

The Closet Case Kalle shirt, Deer and Doe Melilot or the Style Arc Blair.

I’d spotted a girl across the road, similar build and shape but taller than I am. She was wearing a small floral print shirt with a front packet, dropped shoulder and collar. It was effortless, a little bit dressed up and good for those days when you aren’t entirely sure what the weather is doing. I tried to snap a photo but missed her in the crowds. Once I was on the train I started searching and these patterns are the closest to what it was she was wearing. Yet when each of them came out I was all “meh, not my style”. I’ll probably try the Deer and Doe as I’ve liked their patterns in the past and I can’t be bothered with the endless sticking together of sheets that Style Arc are.

A wrap knit dress. I don’t often wear knit dresses as I’ve always felt too lumpy and bumpy to wear them, plus when I have tried them on I’ve found them too cleavagey for me (when you are short you realize everyone is looking down your top and it’s a bit well, weird sometimes). Pattern choice for this might be the Cashmerette Appleton.

Pants as in trousers not as in knickers. I love my jeans, I have little to no desire to make my own (well not until I can get back to Japan and get my hands on the best denim in the world). But a nice pair of not too shiney stretch cotton sateen pants might be nice? I’ll keep looking in case I find something in the fit I am after?

The new Grainline Coat looks interesting. Ages ago I had planned to make this jacket.

Sadly much of the work didn’t survive the fire. I did rescue the wool fabric as it had survived. I think I’ll work out a simplified version of the design and use The Yates Coat as the base pattern.

For the moment that’s all that I had come up with but I feel like it’s a decent start? If you’ve got any suggestions let me know.