New project: Colette Fall Palette Challenge

So, after making as many costumes as I have, in the last year I've decided more and more that I want to try making more of my own clothing.  Fit can be a real issue, and it's easier to fit things to yourself than to expect someone else to fit exactly to your proportions.  Jeans have been giving me nightmares in the last few years- they're always too tight somewhere and too loose somewhere else, so it's time to just say screw it, and try making some of my own.  My first pants will be Colette's Clover pants, as they are doing a sewalong and I can use all the help learning to fit pants as possible.

This is my full palette:


Color by COLOURlovers

I already have a coat from McCall's I'm working on from the green and ivory, and I intend to use the remaining ivory and a navy wool suiting to make a Macaron dress from Colette.  The Clover pants will likely be in the grey, and I have no idea what I'm doing with the red/salmon-ish colour; I just wanted something for contrast in there.  Maybe a top?  Or possibly as an accent colour on a skirt.  We'll see!

I'll be posting progress as I finish things.  There will definitely be updates as this project goes on, though few until I get internet back at my apartment.  That's out until the 7th of October.  However, I'll definitely have a jacket by then, though other real clothing sewing will be curtailed by preparations for New York Comic Con.  I have a looooot of sewing to do before then, so I've got my work cut out for me.  But in any case, I'm looking forward to it. :)