Thursday, December 3, 2015

SWAP 2016 - The Muddy Waters SWAP

I am hereby announcing that whilst I intend to attempt SWAP this year, I may not finish it.  Work continues to be bonkers and I have a lot of knitting and spinning projects in my head as well, so time will be limited.  However, the rules this year allow me to fit already planned items, required in the wardrobe, into the SWAP format.  I hope that having the SWAP entry in place will spur me into making the items rather than procrastinating about things.

So.  The plan.  I don't have a fancy planning board, just a list and a planned order of construction that should hopefully allow completion in the timescale.

I need to make three different sets of three garments each, and one set of two garments.  One set of three in one colourway/grouping, one set in a different colourway/grouping.  Then a pair of items that include the two colourways from the three packs.  Then the third 3pac is wildcards which might, or might not, be from the colourways chosen but should work with them harmoniously.
I can have two previously made items and for the first time I am going to use these in the SWAP. 

I'm not great with colour, nor particularly adventurous, so mine is a limited palette, but I know it will all work for me which is the important part.

Set One: Blue and Teal
Blue Jeans with teal or cream top stitching.
Light teal knit top
Petrol blue sleeveless jacket

Set Two:  Brown and cream
Brown wool mix with embroidered roses for a skirt
Brown silk blouse (pre-made)
Cream faux suede jacket with sleeves and possibly fur trim.

Combo pairing:  Blue and Brown
Teal print top.  The print has teal, brown and cream in it so draws it all together.
Blue jeans with lime stitching. 


Wildcard Set: 
Sweat top/hoodie in navy with lime stitching and embroidery
Zebra hand spun sweater
Sweat trousers in navy with lime stitching (this might get swapped out for something else)

I think if I can get the jeans done over the Christmas period I should be able to make one item from the rest of the list each week and still finish the SWAP on time.  I have a new pattern to make the jacket from, its going to be unlined and is not a tailored jacket so a week for each should be sufficient. 

1 comment:

SewRuthie said...

Sounds lovely and lots of things you will wear.