The List

It’s September, which means that the year is more than half over, and I’m almost (but not quite) halfway through this list. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been making things — I have 10 knitting projects finished so far out of my challenge of 15, I made another Dress #2 (always), I went through a tank-top-making phase in the early summer, and I made Sew Liberated’s newly released Estuary Skirt out of this amazing clay-colored linen. My main goal with this project (as with many new things lately) was to be more intentional about the things I’m making - am I contributing to a cohesive and multipurpose wardrobe, or am I continuing to add a mishmash of things to my closet? (I think the answer so far this year is both, really.) So, you’ll notice that I made some updates to the list, but I think I’ve held true to the underlying goal for each make.

✓ Rose Cardigan
☐ Farrow Dress
✓ Palisade Pants
☐ Kelly Anorak
✓ Wiksten Haori
✓ ~~Some Other Pants~~ Estuary Skirt
☐ ~~Teroldego Shawl~~ Courage Shawl
☐ Lou Box Dress
☐ Some Sort of Blazer/Jacket

The Makes

I’ve blogged about the Rose Cardigan and my second Wiksten Haori before, so I’m going to skip those. The maker of the Palisade Pants is unfortunately problematic, so this is probably the last time I’ll talk about this pattern by name.

My new Estuary Skirt, on the other hand, is one of my new favorite makes, and I already have a second and third planned. I still have plans to make more pants, but as my #memademay adventure showed, I don’t have a lot of bottoms, so I think swapping this out on my official list doesn’t change the intent that much.

I’ve been waiting for this pattern ever since I saw one of Meg’s Instagram posts with her wearing one — and I knew exactly what I was going to use to make it. I bought this linen with the original goal of making a tank top and shorts fake-jumpsuit combo, but that all changed as soon as this skirt came around. I sewed this while visiting a friend in Santa Fe (where I also helped her make some pants!), and the color-material-pattern combo was perfect for a late-July sewing project.

A white woman wears a red skirt with pockets and a black t-shirt with a monster outline on it.

The Plans

My Courage Shawl is in progress, and I changed this one because the underlying goal here was to make something large that I could wrap around myself — which is definitely true of the Courage Shawl.

Farrow Dress: I’m still saving the perfect grey fabric for this, and during my insert-a-bust-dart adventure I figured out what was holding me back - it’s that this pattern doesn’t have bust darts, and in order for this to work as a sleeveless dress, I’d need to go an FBA. Now that I’m more comfortable with doing an FBA, I just have to actually alter the pattern to make this work.

Kelly Anorak: Still have the material, still don’t have the finishing kit, still planning on making it — eventually.

Lou Box Dress: This one has just been on the back burner for a while, but I know I’ll get around to it.

Blazer/Jacket: I think I’m leaning toward a Berlin Jacket with some as-yet-unpurchased boiled wool, but I’m also letting the hint of fall that I’m starting to feel lead me on this one.