Winter Ottobre Plans for DD

I'm feeling a little guilty that I haven't sewn anything of note for DD this year (just one little nightie). I've got heaps of plans bubbling away for Ottobre patterns that I want to sew for her this winter. I have a feeling she won't be fitting into many of last winter's clothes, so I will probably need to be sewing her something!

Anyway, I thought I'd keep all the inspiration pictures here so that when I'm ready to put it together, I can come back here and update the process...

Dresses:

Pinafores:

Long Sleeved Tops:

Jackets/Coats/Ponchos:

Skirts:

Pants:

Pyjamas:

That's a lot of clothes for one winter, particularly since she'll be wearing school uniforms most of the time. However, it's only for inspiration, and so I don't forget which patterns I wanted to try. I also need to find a pattern for a fairly plain pull-over style hoodie to use up some of the fleece that I have sitting in my stash cupboard.

I'm figuring for winter, she'll need:

Dresses: 1

Pinafore: 1

Tops: 4

Skirts: 2

Pants: 2

Coat: 1

Jacket/Jumper: 2

Poncho: 2

PJs: 4

Leggings: 5

The Queue

For me, this is what it's all about...the excitement of planning. Occasionally, the plans come to fruition. More often than not, something else catches my eye and off I go in another direction. BUT, if I don't have some kind of guiding list, then I tend to flounder and start doing something crazy instead, like housework!

So, I've got a couple of lists (you'll come to see that this is not unusual). I'm going to put the UFOs and Mending off to the side and keep updating them as I get to them.

Driving my sewing direction at the moment is the need for a winter wardrobe, a tropical holiday coming and a need to sew my way through my stash.

Firstly, a winter wardrobe. It is definitely a more pressing need than the travel wardrobe, but not nearly as exciting. I'm aiming to use up as much stash as I can before I buy new fabrics here.

So far I have available:

Pants
• Another chocolate brown crepe-y kind of fabric – maybe even use this one as a muslin! It’s not really that great
• Kharki medium weight fabric. I have no idea what it is or where it’s from but it certainly wasn’t expensive. Has some stretch.
• Red Ponte knit from Spotlight (or maybe a wrap dress)
• Chocolate brown crepe-y kind of fabric
• Two different kinds of black crepe-y kind of fabric - tons of one of them
• Navy Ponte knit from Spotlight (or maybe a wrap dress)
• Denim (Jeans)

Tops
• Kharki, cream, red, blue and chocolate Floral lightweight cotton (Peasant blouse)
• Animal print mesh & chocolate brown cotton knit (Wrap top)
• Eggplant rayon knit (long sleeve knit top)
• Mid brown rayon knit (long sleeve knit top)
• Kharki rayon knit (long sleeve knit top)
• Chocolate brown interlock & olive interlock (long sleeve knit top)

Skirts
• Red satin-backed crepe from Bargain Box at Capalaba (A-line Skirt with chiffon band)
• Black-on-black embroidered stretch drill (Straight skirt)
• Winter White Ponte knit from Spotlight (Style?)
• Black/White polyester knit – large circles
• Black/white polyester knit – small geometric design