Eight tops
Eight dresses
Six skirts or shorts
One topperOne thing, I rarely make buttonholes and here's proof, the only item to have them is the red vintage Butterick top that buttons up the back. Also there are only five zippers among all twenty-three garments! I seem to prefer elastic, belts, wide neck openings, and stretch fabrics as opposed to conventional fasteners. Therefore, my wardrobe primarily consists of slip-over-the-head tops and dresses. Imagine if you couldn't use any buttons or zippers as fastenings? Well, it would be no problem for me.
My favorite colors (or the colors available to me locally at Hancock and Jo-Ann) are purple, red, and neutrals of black, grey, off-white, and brown. I also like to use patterns, but I have to be crazy about them and they must include favorite colors like red, purple, and orange.
The pattern breakdown reveals which pattern companies I like to work with and that offer things I'd wear: Simplicity for five items, Butterick has four, New Look and Colette Patterns supplied three each, McCalls and the Built By Wendy Sew U book two each, and Vogue, Pattern Runway, BurdaStyle, and SewStylish magazine are all represented with one each.
The groups also show what is missing from my wardrobe, well at least, my handmade wardrobe.
Looking at my wardrobe, it would seem I don't like setting in sleeves. All of my tops and dresses are either sleeveless or the sleeves are cut-on or raglan. I don't think I even have a pattern for a simple collarless top pattern with set-in sleeves. It seems raglan-sleeved Simplicity 3835 has been my go-to top pattern. I guess I need to franken-pattern something together.
I need more knit tops, hopefully in multi-color stripes so they can go with almost any skirt or pant in my wardrobe. However, good striped fabrics are NOT to be found locally, I will have to order those online.
In the last ten years, I have not sewn pants. In high school I had no problem with them and made at least five pairs, some from pretty intricate Vogue designer patterns. However, now I seem to be timid about them even though I definitely need more, some structured, some loose and in prints and colors that are not black. I never used to worry much about the fit (especially not the cr*tch) until this past year living vicariously through the trials of other sewists.
It also wouldn't hurt to have more skirts, in a variety of styles and lengths. These I also want in colorful prints, stripes, and checks, not solids.
Next post I will reveal what I mean to do about this.
4 comments:
That's a great overview. Lets you see just what your style and taste is.
It's a great idea to analyze your projects and draw some conclusions.
What an interesting rundown. We have a lot in common: tend to sew similar colours, and would sew more complex detailed garments if time and money permitted. We both make lots of knit tops, but I'm a bike commuter and I make trousers. I say if the colour is right and the waist, hip, knee and hem are in the right spots (I'm petite) that it's fine. Wrinkles? Yup, but already less than RTW, esp with a big swayback adjustment like you make too! My zips are generally invisible zips at the CB :-P Try one, come on in, the water's fine!
Nice analysis! You are making the most of your wardrobe.
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