New Vogues

I love waking up to find a whole new season of patterns has been released. Such was the case this morning when I found that Vogue has shown us their take on spring 2013 in the northern hemisphere. I am ambivalent about a lot of them but there are a couple of standouts. The skirt on the Guy Laroche dress is just beautiful.

I can see this made up in a drapey chiffon.
 I like this Sandra Betzina dress to but I think there are much better fabric choices out there.
This could get very Desigual with the right fabrics.
I love the neckline on this one and can see me making it up into the dress in maybe a silk. I would extend the sleeve down into a 3/4 length. The pants look really comfy too.
 
Is this girl about to hail a cab or throw a dart? How pretty and feminine is this.  I will def be making a couple of these. Look at how nice the back is.

I think this striped one has potential and could make a great dress.

For me that is about all that caught my eye. Once I see the others made up differently by the many talented girls sewing around the world I will probably change my mind on a few. That is exactly what happened with Vogue 8771. I wasn't really in love with any pictures of it but ordered the pattern  anyway as it was cheap and I needed more tops that weren't just t-shirts. I have had this red leopard winter weight hanging around for a while and as if by magic the pattern and fabric met up yesterday and beautiful music was made. It looks great with black leggings as the back is really long. I am now looking for another fabric to make this up in as I feel I will own a few of them and would like to use some contrasting colours.

I also made up KwikSew 3952 in this lovely ridged knit. I have made this fabric up in the past in the cream and it is just so well behaved and washes like a rag. This will be a great topper to throw on when I am freezing in NZ next week. I am lucky enough to be able to visit the land of the long white rain cloud for 2 weeks and  plan on seeing a bit of the east coast. I will also get my colours done and do a style session with a lady in Auckland so that will be fun. The weather forecast is for lots of rain this weekend so that means either a dry weekend or lots of sewing if they are right, not much so far. Oh, my shoulder is still really painful and makes trying clothes on a nightmare, hell everything is painful, but I get the needle on Tuesday so relief after that. If not I will become a drug addict.

Don't forget to turn and have a great weekend.