After much deliberation I have definitely decided that the June Capsule Contest entry will come from grouping number 3:
Although this collection will evolve into something bigger than the JCC, but the Capsule Contest provides the perfect jumping off point.
I can't get my story board attempt (version 1) to show up here so I will just go through my plans garment by garment.
All the garments discussed here are part of a collection but they will not all necessarily be part of the JCC, mostly because the more I look at the fabric and its coordinates in my stash, the more I realize that there are more than 4 pieces to this collection as it is evolving in my mind. At the moment I am calling it either "Elegantly neutral" because I love the soft neutrality of taupe as a color, or "stones in the dessert" because the color also reminds me of dessert stone outcroppings. Actually neither description probably fits but it is all my poor brain has come up with so far. I hate naming collections.
I will need to make a muslin or this pattern before making the top to work out any fitting details as shoulders tend to be one of my problems, but from what I hear this is not a particularly difficult pattern to fit.
This is a lovely lightweight linen. The subtle plaid still says pencil skirt to me, but I would hate the wrinkles in the linen and a pencil skirt would drive me up the wall. Instead I am going to make my TNT pleated skirt pattern. I will underline it with silk organza because I would like the skirt to have a little body and it would otherwise be rather limp (especially since I washed the linen) and it will be lined as well.
These two garments are the two definite players in my JCC submission. I think I can do both of these.
Other options follow:
I want to make a skirt inspired by this Doo-Ri skirt. I have been thinking about it, in various iterations, since I first saw it in a fashion magazine over the winter. My first thought was going to be gray and purple organza, and that is still a possibility, but for this collection I am going to make this skirt in four shades of beige and taupe silk, using chiffon for the layers.
It should not be particularly difficult. I think I can work from my basic pencil skirt pattern for the lining and silk underskirt, then I just have to add the layers of chiffon.
So even though I don't really have a particular pattern, and I don't yet have all the fabric, some of which is on order, this skirt looks pretty much like it can be accomplished during June.
I want to make a blouse inspired by this one. I would use a chiffon that matches one of the layers in the Doo-Ri inspired skirt. And rather than leaving it full through the body and belting it, I plan on reigning in some of that fullness with tucks at the waist, adding a little shape.
I definitely want to make this blouse. I can probably find a pattern that will work for the silk under-layer. But I will have to do some draping to get the outer chiffon layer to work just the way I want it. That might take time and I don't yet know how much of it will be able to get done with the June deadline.
So far I am OK with the rules for the contest. Both tops go with both skirts.
I also have fabric to make this jacket:
The fabric is a stretch cotton from Emma One Sock. I am going to line it with a soft yellow stretch silk charmeuse.
The pattern doesn't look that difficult so I might be able to pull this off if I can't quite manage the chiffon. However I will also have to make a muslin before cutting the jacket fabric.
So the choice is really whether my time and my attention span is adequate for draing the chiffon blouse, which may be easier but the fabric is more difficult to work with, or doing the jacket. The cotton fabric should not give me many problems, and hopefully the jacket is easy to fit as well. But I am always a little reluctant to count on those "should be easy to fit" plans.
If it all falls apart, I also have some taupe silk knit that is destined to be made into a simple tank or sleeveless top which will also work with both skirts.
