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Sewing A Core Wardrobe

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  Sewing A Core Wardrobe Over the past year, I have been sewing a core wardrobe of twelve pieces that makes 80 outfits.   I took on this project in order to give a presentation to the Lansing Clippers American Sewing Guild Chapter about how to make a core wardrobe. A core wardrobe is a set of essential articles of clothing that coordinate with each other to create many outfits.   A well-planned core wardrobe will allow you to always have something to wear in your closet and deciding what to wear will be easy! You can create a core wardrobe by sewing one or by taking some articles from your closet and buying some others to coordinate with what you already have.   Here are some tips to help you. Choose two or three neutral colors, i.e., black, gray, navy, beige, tan, white, etc. for your bottom pieces. Decide how many pieces will be in your wardrobe.   I chose twelve because that will give me many outfits if all the pieces coordinate with each other. Decid...
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Tee Top Challenge

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  Tee Top Challenge The Lansing Clippers, a chapter of the American Sewing Guild, had a recent program where the members were challenged to fit a pattern and make a tee top.   The pattern was the ABB (Anything But Basic) tee top from Cooper Creek Patterns.   I joined the challenge and set about the task of fitting and sewing a tee top for myself, The fitting part of the challenge was relatively easy for me because I just finished an online class taught by Alexandra Morgan of In-House Patterns.   Although the class was about fitting a woven top, I still learned techniques that enabled me to fit a pattern for a knit top.   I used her information on how to make adjustments to the pattern as well as the order to use to make those adjustments.   That information was very useful to me to get the ABB tee top to fit. Although fitting the tee top was easy, I cannot say the same about actually making the top.   I chose a red and black plaid knit that I h...
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