{"id":4786,"date":"2020-09-24T12:24:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T11:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sixmignons.com\/?p=4786"},"modified":"2020-09-24T12:24:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T11:24:55","slug":"autumn-2020-sewing-and-knitting-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sixmignons.com\/en\/2020\/09\/24\/autumn-2020-sewing-and-knitting-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn 2020 sewing and knitting plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After five years of sewing my clothes, I have been recently inclined to better plan my makes<\/strong>, for two main reasons. First, it means my sewing is less compulsive<\/strong> – I realised that sewing on a whim is actually quite stressful to me. Second, I have recently started knitting properly, which opens-up a wide range of opportunities of clothes-matching<\/strong> – especially as I am such a dress\/cardigan girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started properly planning for Spring 2020, using the Canva app<\/strong> because drawing is unfortunately not my forte. But with an unexpected exodus to France for lockdown without taking any of my patterns or fabrics with me, this completely went out of the window and I ended-up going back to my usual compulsive-self<\/strong>, buying far too much fabric and making far too many dresses – which I all love but were definitely not planned!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So back to square one on planning! But at least this time I have quite a precise idea of the main directions I want to follow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key piece to add to my wardrobe: a fit-and-flare raincoat<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Raincoats tend to be straight-shaped but to match all my lovely mid-season fit-and-flare dress, I have been wanting a fit-and-flare raincoat for ages<\/strong>. I found the perfect water-repellent fabric in my favourite wine colour last year from Croftmill<\/a> and after years of searching, the perfect pattern appeared in McCall\u2019s Spring\/Summer 2020 collection, in the form M8048 – and it has bust cup options, hurrah!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ideally, I would make a matching hat using the free Bob Fauve pattern<\/strong>, but given how much I hate sewing accessories I would not bet on it…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Key knit and sew matches: blue cardi, red cardi, wine skirt<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Last autumn, I made two gorgeous dresses which I adore, in two different colour tones of the same Dolce & Gabbana fabric from SewMeSunshine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They are definitely crying-out for a matching cardigan and now that I am a more competent knitter, I can definitely tackle this gap in my wardrobe. For the blue dress, I am planning a second Belladonna cardigan<\/strong> (see the first I knitted here<\/a>), in the same glorious royal blue I used for my daughter\u2019s Enchant\u00e9e sweater<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n