In case you haven’t seen me lately, let me assure you that I am officially huge and roly-poly. Moondoggie is highly amused by my walrus-like efforts to get out of any reclined or semi-reclined position (but since he is a wonderful husband always tells me how nice I look and helps me up). Lately, when semi-reclined, I’ve been perusing and fantasizing about the new patterns out for spring from Vogue, Simplicity etc, and thought I’d share some of my favorites with you. I’m not totally delusional– I know I won’t have a ton of time for sewing post-baby, but it is still fun to pick out a new wardrobe by matching up what I’ve been clipping from magazines/catalogs with the latest patterns. If I can keep it going, I’ll do a couple of posts like this and show you a few different outfits I’d make if I had my druthers.
One of my favorites from a recent Anthropologie catalog is this:
Which I would recreate using this Alice & Olivia for Vogue wide-leg pants pattern#1035, and Divine Details jacket/short trench pattern #8480:
I’m really into the wide-leg pant, which doesn’t work for me at all right now (the proportions are all wrong!), but I hope will be kind to me in a few months. I’d probably make the trousers above out of red-striped canvas ticking or dark stretch denim (I refuse to be a slave to the fabric suggestions on the pattern envelope), then add some decorative buttons to the front for the sailor effect. And I do love the idea of a red canvas or twill jacket, though I actually do have a big length of tan twill my mother got for me so I’d probably use that, then perhaps add some red ribbon trim around the collar and pockets.
To complete the outfit, under the jacket I’d wear a white boat neck t-shirt, which most likely I would purchase from Old Navy (the time and effort I’d spend sewing one is not justified for something they do so well and economically!). And I’ve been wanting a pair of soft yellow leather boat shoes, which would be perfect with this outfit, I think. I like these ones by Isaac Mizrahi for Target:
Next up? Dresses! There are a bunch of cute ones I’ve got my eye on…