Fall Mini-Wardrobe

Orange you glad it's fall:

I promised you a mini-wardrobe using these great fabrics:

Well, here it is. (In bits and pieces.)

Dress (Butterick 5259) + Turtleneck (Vogue 7799)

Turtleneck + Black Pants (Butterick 5259)

Great Orange Coat (Vogue 1068)

Plus, I could do:

Black Pants + Orange Coat

Dress alone

Dress + Orange Coat

I'll be adding or updating reviews on PR this morning. As for old posts, these links take you to the coat, the lining, and the typo in the pattern.

Butterick 5259

I picked this one up for 99 cents at Hancock's a few months back. It looked easy and I loved the sleeve, so...

This is my muslin. Not so bad on the dress form. Awful on me.

Very lightweight navy blue flannel from my stash. I made this as drafted, as the pattern included plenty of ease. The dress (in a size 10) is essentially a potato sack. Think 40 inches from chest down to hem. Still, it works.

Dropped the self-fabric belt and strange, bulky belt loops. Much better.

Now we're talking...

This suiting plaid is one I picked up at Hancock's because I loved the orange stripe. Because I dreaded matching that plaid while installing a zipper, and because I knew I had enough room to take the dress on and off without unzipping, I just cut the back with center back on the fold. I got so many complements on this trendy outfit. Yeah. That's one on-trend outfit for me. Probably the only one for the next 2 years. But one still the same.

On a funny note, I happened upon the same (or close to it) pattern in some old hand-me-down patterns--copyright circa 1982. What's that they say about fashions being cyclical?