Follow along with my wardrobe planning and general musings about sewing a wardrobe!
Balancing Needs and Wants (Wardrobe Planning Post #1)
I was looking forward to a calm October. It’s the slow time in the skating season. My friend’s wedding is over. I thought my work…
Defining a Core Style (Wardrobe Planning Post #2)
So after my last post, I’ve not started any of the actual work like messing around with my real clothes. I have done a lot more…
Playing on Polyvore (Wardrobe Building Post #3)
So I’ve been rolling along with the wardrobe architect series, and I’ve managed to start playing with the silhouettes I like. The WA post recommends…
Colors! (Wardrobe Planning Post #4)
The next step in the Wardrobe Architect is planning color palettes. I’m pretty sure that I didn’t quite grab the exact colors I was going…
Prints and Makeup (Wardrobe Planning Post #5)
The next few phases of the WA Series are a bit more about self-reflection and considering personal tastes. For Week 7, you are supposed to…
Thinking About a Capsule Wardrobe (Wardrobe Planning Post #6)
Ok, so in light of recent events, thinking about clothing and planning a wardrobe has an almost trivial feel. On the other hand, the mundane…
Reading About Joy and Other Assorted Thoughts (Wardrobe Planning Post #7)
So last fall I started a series of posts pondering my lack of enthusiasm surrounding my personal wardrobe and (lack of) style. Essentially it boiled…
Continuing to Tweak My Plans (Wardrobe Planning Post #8)
At the end of last year I was playing quite a bit with the idea of refining my wardrobe, and I started exploring the concepts…
Style Typing and Other Food for Thought (Wardrobe Planning Post #9)
I am going to preemptively warn you to grab some tea and cookies because this post is promising to be quite long. It’s pretty much…
Draping the Seasonal Colors (Wardrobe Planning Post #10)
After my epically long previous post on my foray into style typing, you’d think I wouldn’t have much to add. But it’s me, so, it…
Post Bee Thoughts and Upcoming Plans (Wardrobe Planning Post #10.5)
So it’s been a couple of weeks since the end of the Pattern Review Sewing Bee, and I have to admit I haven’t sewn a…
Makeup Overhaul and Product Review (Wardrobe Planning Post #11)
Before we get into this, I just want to throw out there that all of the products mentioned have been purchased with my own money,…
Style Analysis Update (Wardrobe Planning Post #12)
It’s crazy to think that I started rambling about Wardrobe planning on this blog back in 2016. In hindsight of world events, it really feels…
Sew Geeky Mid-Year Assessment and Further Wardrobe Musings (Wardrobe Planning Post #13)
It’s been about a year since I first started researching body typing/image ID systems, and few months since my last Wardrobe Planning Post, at which…
New Life New Wardrobe? (Sew Your Kibbe Challenge Update and Wardrobe Planning Post #14)
I happened to come across this blog post at DIY Wardrobe blog (you can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 of…
Sew, Wear Are They Now?
A blog series looking at what has happened to my self-sewn clothing a decade later.
Sew, Wear Are They Now?
Last year, Catherine of Catherine Daze’s Blog started a Wearability series where she has been looking at some of her older garments and assessing how…
Sew, Wear Are They Now: Tops
As the first part of my Sew, Wear Are They Now series I thought I would take a look back at all of the tops…
Sew, Wear Are They Now: Bottoms
Continuing on with the Sew, Wear Are They Now series, today I’m looking back at all of the bottoms (pants, skirts, shorts, etc.) over the…
Sew, Wear Are They Now: Dresses
Moving on to the next part of this series, I’m looking at dresses and jumpsuits I’ve made over the past several years to see how…
Sew, Wear Are They Now: Coats and Jackets
Continuing on with my Sew, Wear Are They Now series, today I’m taking a look at all of the coats and jacket’s I’ve made over…
Sew, Wear Are They Now: Sweaters and Cardigans
Moving on with my Sew, Wear Are They Now series I thought I would next take a look back at all of the sweaters and cardigans I…
Sew, Wear Are They Now: Costumes
So, I know costumes probably aren’t really that important in a look back at the “wearability” issue, but I thought it would be a sort…
Sew, Wear Are They Now: Where Do I Sew From Here?
As seems to happen in my nearing-the-end-of-summer-but-not-quite-fall-yet posts, this is going to be a bit of a long ramble. If you actually want to read…
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