Does it matter if you are sewing the season’s colors or not? To some people, yes! I’m not so much into the capsule wardrobe as I am into colors. I love the changing seasons, I’m old school, the colors change too. According to Pantone this season’s colors are of the 70’s. In the 70’s I was too young to care about the colors I wore or what entity decided those colors. As long as it had Raggedy Ann on it I was happy!
I became curious, who is PANTONE? Why do we care what they think about color? I did a little checking on Pinterest. They have actually been doing this color prediction since 1963. I have no idea why America just recently found this information provided by Pantone as relevant. Well, I have been shopping for my fabric to use in the coming seasons. I did not take my Pantone list with me, take a look though, Pantone is pretty dead on with my choices. Here are my choices.[envira-gallery id="2095"]
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I love the way the stones were added to the color to show just like on the color wheel, there are tints and tones of the color which are completely acceptable. WWD, Women’s Wear Daily breaks down the colors and explains them more in depth the pictures below are from their site.[envira-gallery id="2100"]
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I’m over the top excited about my new wardrobe this season. I picked up sewing again a year ago and have not bought any clothing since. The exception is Thrift Store purchases, those are used as fabric. I’ll be adding another post with more color information for those interested. Also, I’ll be compiling an album of Pantone Fall 2015 you’ll find here. As the weather changes so will your wardrobes, ENJOY!
Palazzo pants are like grown up, dressed up, sexy, yoga pants. They they look like skirts until you walk in them. I made three pair over the weekend, all of them look completely different but I used the same sloper. And by sloper I mean pants that I have and already like the fit 😉 You can find a diy Palazzo Pant Video here. They are super quick and easy to make. I used a yard of 58″ wide fabric for each pair. But, I’m short so 36″ is plenty for my size. If you need to add length a bottom contrast fabric, or waist will do the trick.
Short girls are leary of wearing that massive amount of fabric in wide legged pants. I feel they make me look taller and leaner, I’m a rectangle shape and 5’4″. Heels, horizontal stripes, and high waist fools the eye into making the shorter girl look tall. There are lots of other styling tricks that can help you out with looking taller, too.
I made mine about two – four inches from the ground, I’m not a fan of pants dragging around me all day. I love this style, I created a Pinterest Board. These are my very favorite looks from that Pinterest board so far[envira-gallery id="2066"]
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I really like how versatile palazzo pants are, they can be casual, dressy, or anything in between. I’m currently working on a pair like this. [envira-gallery id="2072"]
[envira-gallery slug="palazzo-pants-with-contrast-and-bow"]I think ultimately they are year round pants. So roomy, wearing tights underneath in the winter for warmth or wearing lightweight ones in warmer times of the year. Plus no one has to worry about the things that happen when wearing maxi skirts. To me, these pants are the best solution for people like me who love looking girly, but realize sometimes a dress or a skirt just won’t work! I hope you try making some of these of your own and share your photos with me. ENJOY!
Sewing studio organization is the hardest thing for me. Not the organizing, the keeping it that way! I know I am not alone. I wonder how many days it takes for people to get their studio picture perfect to post? I’ve been working on mine about three days now. I smelled something so I’ve washed all my fabric! I have been clearing out what cannot or will not be used. It’s a chore, but I’ll be in paradise when it’s complete. I’m going to work hard at keeping my studio camera ready![envira-gallery id="2011"]
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I’ve stumbled upon some great tips:
These are the things I do personally:
After a little more work, my lab is coming together nicely. Check my Photo Journal for more presentable photos. ENJOY!
[envira-gallery id=”3519″]Guess what? There is something new at Lucy’s Lab, you can now, follow my blog with Bloglovin! Oh my goodness, I am so excited to show you something NEW at Lucy’s Lab! [envira-gallery id="1960"]
[envira-gallery slug="1960"]Also, I’ve been gathering photos from fashion magazines and have created a photo journal. I love it! It’s a great way to skim and not have to scroll through a blog post to find some pictures to inspire you! Eventually I hope to have a lot more inspirations and tutorials for more of the clothing for fall. I’ve already described to you how to make a vest in this post [envira-gallery id="1696"]
[envira-gallery slug="fur-vest"] Personally, I cut out all the photos in the magazines that inspire me. So far I’ve destroyed one magazine and have two more magazines to go. Anyway, then I get out scissors, glue, and cardboard. Yes, I pretend I’m in grade school again! I make a collage of the things I like. Kind of a “to do” list for myself. Eventually I look through the fabrics I have and compare them to what I have on my collage. At this point I’m racking my brain thinking of how I can use the fabric. It happens, in time. I feel so wonderful wearing what everyone else wants, even better, they can’t find it in the stores even if they try.
Isn’t that why we all sew? To be unique and different? They say blue and emerald green are going to be a color combination this year. I’m stoked to find that out the same day I purchased some blue paisley for pants. I don’t wear much blue and was really fretting about what I was going to do. You know, what goes with blue? Grey and black are always safe, oh and of course another of my least favorites, red. LOL….see how my problem was growing? I hope you ENJOY the change of seasons.
I know not everyone gets super duper excited like I do, but this is a real holiday to me. September fashion mag season, the colors, the shapes, the looks, the accessories, the trends in make up, hair, shoes, it’s there! Right THERE in 700 pages! Fashion at it’s best….make it or break it time. Growing up that’s how it was. Fashion was dictated by the September fashion mag season. My grandma and I would always buy VOGUE magazine. We looked, page after page at color combinations, shapes, trends, textures, everything! This is so important for a seamstress. I can flip through this magazine, which by the way is not the one mentioned above. I subscribed to BAZAAR this year and probably will purchase at least one of the other issues. I could pick anything I wanted out of the magazine! We would then go shopping for fabric and notions. My sweet, talented grandma would make me the latest trends! I can’t wait to do this for myself! This is a blog to keep an eye on for inspiration.
What do you, my wonderful, glorious, fashion loving readers get out of this? A review, a short, a pictorial of what I took away from my first flip through the magazine.[envira-gallery id="1696"]
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My ultimate favorite from the entire magazine. We can all own a fur vest this season. Faux fur is on sale right now at several retail and online stores. The pattern for this is basically a kimono without sleeves. You need two rectangles the same size. Cut one of them down the middle, all the way, this is the front of your vest. Put right sides together. Sew shoulder seams. Sew side seams. Then proudly wear it as much as possible. This blog has a pictorial if you need one. I am so ready to buy my purple fur and make my vest. You don’t like vests? Guess what? Fur scarves are huge this year! If you can cut the fur to the size you like best, you too can have a trendy fur scarf. Isn’t sewing wonderful?
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Too many lists of top ten by different people are in this issue. Light pink is a thing this season. I’m extremely happy. I think this is a color anyone can wear. According to the magazine, the well spent dollar is on black and white.
Black and Bleu are a thing as well as emerald and sea blue. Darker shades of red and purple as well as camel. So, as I’ve heard “pretty much any color” goes. Well, I’ll share more next time. SO much to tell you, I can’t wait. Until then, ENJOY!
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There seems to be something for everyone; pastels, smokey purples, dusty pinks, prints include animal prints. This year’s choice faux fur overscaled herringbone, fox, leopard, giraffe, and oh my goodness butterfly prints. Color blocking (I hope I eventually master) and mixing of prints are stand outs. Florals are huge as are black and white prints, I couldn’t be happier! Take a look at the tribal and ethnic prints below. These hand block printed cottons are perfect for this folky, tribal trend.
So much to share with you! Here’s one of my favorite sites. So much to shop for and design! I’m so excited for us all. ENJOY! More to follow, don’t think for a second this could be the end of the line. 🙂