I first wanted to show and describe the silver knit shell that I modeled since I think it fits October's MAGAM challenge to make something "shiny" quite well and also coordinates with the other garments I made, so is now part of my 6pac autumn wardrobe, something I now only need one more garment to complete.
This top was made with a piece of slinky like knit that I picked up on the free table at a sewing guild neighborhood group meeting and a Cutting Line Designs pattern called Pure and Simple which is unfortunately no longer in print. I used my Sure Fit Designs bodice pattern to determine the cutting lines to use and also to add a larger dart that the CLD pattern called for.
I also modeled the jacket I just completed on Friday made from the Fit for Art Tabula Rasa pattern and a piece of rayon/poly fabric that I recently purchased from Vogue Fabric's online store in hopes that it would coordinate with the brown pants that I made earlier this fall from a piece that I purchased from the Vogue Fabrics booth at the Worcester Expo in 2009 and the Sure Fit Designs pants pattern that I am still trying to get to fit properly.
The other outfit that I modeled yesterday was a gray knit top that I also finished recently made from a piece of sweater knit fabric from my stash and my Sure Fit Designs shirt pattern, the first time I used that pattern so it still needs a bit of work.
I wore a pair of gray knit pants that I just made this week with that gray top using a piece of "performance" fabric from JoAnns (which I guess means it has four way stretch since it was with the swimsuit fabric) and a pattern that I made some time ago from a pair of commercial one seam pants that I liked the fit of.
I wore a scarf that I recently made from a rayon sarong and instructions I found on the web with my gray outfit to "spice" things up a bit, but since my 6pac wardrobe is supposed to be garments that are "basic and boring", that is neutral colors and simple patterns that can be mixed and matched and hopefully coordinate with other garments that I have in my wardrobe, nothing I modeled yesterday was very exciting, but I think will be clothes that I will wear over and over again, unlike some former fashion show garments that were more for "show" than practicality.
