new Vogues

I was reading Carolyn's blog and she was showing off her most recent Vogue pattern purchases along with information about their $6.99 sale. I get the emails, but sometimes get too busy to look at them and because I don't really spend enough on patterns, have not joined Club BMV yet.

With that said, I must say some of Carolyn's choices *forced* me to go to Vogue's website and pick up a few for myself. Here are my choices that should be on their way to me any day:


The famous Alice + Olivia pants that I've been drooling over for months


I love this dress and already have a couple of possible fabrics in mind for it


I really like the style of this cardigan and I definitely need more of them for work when the A/C gets cranked up!


I like the jacket, but I LOVE the skirt!


I'm not sure about this jacket - I think it might make me look like I'm wearing football pads, but I like the details on the pants - and I definitely need to make some pants!


I like the pleats and while I probably won't make this as-is, I think it has a lot of potential.

operation wardrobe: episode 2

I have cleaned out the closet and now have nothing to wear!! To make my life even more complicated, in an effort to allow my husband to continue to stay home with our son, I have begun the journey of trying to get a promotion at work. I will be done with school in the next year or so and would like to use that time to begin the gradual overhaul of my work persona. From an experience and knowledge standpoint, I'm in good shape. Once I get the education part out of the way, all that's left is wardrobe!

I am considered an engineer although the nature of my job is not that of an engineer. My company is business casual, although in the past two years they've gone more beach casual. I tend to stay somewhat business casual, though I do love my jeans. I need to get away from that and move towards a more dressy/business professional look. Honestly, I would love to be the best dressed person at work! That's my goal.

I have taken a good look at what is currently in my closet and what I need. 90% of my clothes are on the more casual side. This is definitely going to be a transitional process. I am in need of slacks, skirts, jackets and dresses as well as tops (although I already have quite a few appropriate tops). I have a ton of fabric that I've been collecting with a work wardrobe overhaul in mind. Now is the time I need to implement it.

I got a serger (finally!) yesterday - I'll tell more about it in my next post. I am all set to get started. I will finish up my very first BWOF tonight (a great top!) and then I have three skirts that just need hems and then I can get started on my plan.

Up first will be a dress. I have a ton of really nice knits (and several more on the way). As much as I love wovens, with my body still changing and shrinking back down to my pre-pregnancy self, I love the versatility and ease of wearing I get from knits (and a nice pair of Spanx). I am FINALLY going to make myself a Cosmo dress from a black/white/yellow ITY that I got at my local Hancock a couple of months ago.

I am also going to finish up my aqua/brown summer wardrobe as most of those pieces are dressier and versatile and I'm also going to work on some of the pieces from my original Timmel SWAP that never saw the light of day. I have at least two suits and then my jacket from the coat sew-along if I can ever get to making a muslin of my coat (hubby's coat is coming along great though!).

So that's it for now! Next post will have some pictures and won't just be boring ol' text!