Vogue Spring Pattern Collection

Vogue's spring pattern collection is out, check out their web page.    The designs that caught my eye were Anne Klein New York spring dress and Marci Tilton's cropped pants.   DKNY also came out with a cute dress. There's nothing like a spring skirt to freshen up your wardrobe and Vogue 8711 has some great options. 

Lots of dresses and a few separates.  I wish Vogue would come out with more coordinates patterns.  Although I do love dresses, I prefer separates.  They offer much more versatility.

Check out the new Vogue patterns; which ones are your favorites?

Christiana

 

Finding the perfect fabric...

Ever have one of those projects where you know exactly what kind of fabric you want and you can't find it?  A while back I blogged about the asymmetrical top in the June 2010 issue of Burda Style.  You can see the original post here.   This weekend I decided that I'd head out to get some plain t-shirt knit to make this top in a basic black or navy to go with jeans or capri pants.   There are three fabric stores within a 1/2 hour drive of my home, 2 Fabriclands and a local store called Fabric Depot.   First stop, Fabric depot...closed for holidays.   Fabricland, both stores left me empty handed.   Well, not really only empty handed in terms of getting the fabric I needed for the asymmetrical top.   Patterns were on sale so I did scoop up some new ones for my collection...not that I needed any.  

Butterick 5498, tunic length open front jackets with raglan sleeves

Butterick 5493, collection of tunics with embellished fronts

McCalls 5989, robe, nighties and pyjama sets

McCalls 5941, pantsuit with a kimono inspired jacket by Palmer/Pletsch

The asymmetrical top project is on hold until I find the right fabric.  In the meantime, I'll head to the sewing room and work on projects that have a matching set...fabric and pattern.

Christiana