School Wardrobe
Planning
Yes, it is that time of year again: time to work on the school wardrobe. I know it is early, but I just checked the calendar and school starts in 6 weeks and I'll be gone a total of 3 weeks (although not all at once). So, I need to get things together now, especially since my daughter will be at camp all next week and not available for shopping or fitting.
To that end, we went through her closet and cleaned it out of things that weren't working for her or were too small. That left a group of dark, heavier winter skirts, plenty of winter tops and sweaters, one lightweight skirt and 3 lightweight tops. What she really needs is warm weather stuff - more skirts and tops.
So, we looked at patterns. That's always a task I don't look forward to with her. She's very picky and her school has a strict dress code: knee-length dresses or skirts and no sleeveless tops. It might sound easy to do, but it really isn't, and then add in the challenge of dressing a jr. high student in fun, cute, but not overly mature (or revealing or sexy or whatever) clothes. Sigh. At any rate, we did find some things we think will work.
For skirts we have Simplicity 2224 and 2190 and Burda 11/09, #113. We're thinking prints or summery plaids and solid tops.
For tops, Burda 4/09, #121 in some sort of print to go with the solids skirts she already has, and a few of Simplicity 2211 (the Lisette pattern I just made) one of which I'll just modify to look similar to the Burda 3/09 #109 shown, plus a few Jalie knit tops (patterns not shown):
Tomorrow is shopping day, so we'll go to Jo-ann's and see what they have and then also do some other shopping. If I can get a good deal on something that is cheaper than fabric and my time, we might just get it! Outfitting my son will be easier. He needs three pair of pants and a pair of tennis shoes. Easy.
Parting Shot: Hostas. Our hostas are now blooming adding some nice lavender blooms to the mix. My husband has seen a tiny humming bird at the hostas a couple of times, too. I can't ever remember seeing one on our property, so the sighting was a first.
5 comments:
I can understand the difficulty mixing teenager wants with needs. Hopefully you find the perfect fabric.
Our public school system here in Maryland also has a strict dress code, but some of the schools also require uniforms. However, my daughter doesn't like the junior-size styles in the stores. They look to be making our girls into tarts. So I have the same problem.
On the other hand, she wears a misses size, so I don't want her to look too dowdy. Sometimes it's just a matter of fabric choice/color that makes something look "younger" or "older".
Our hummers love the hostas which are almost ready to bloom up here. This killer heat should certainly get the blossoms jumpstarted.
I remember the shopping with DDs. You are so right. It is not easy. They have very definite ideas. While mine didn't have to wear dresses, they didn't want to look any different than the crowd.
Good luck shopping--and sewing! Dressing a junior high girl is a challenge but you seem to come up with cute, current, and decent outfits for your daughter!
I'm starting to see the clothing problem with my 10 1/2 year old. Her school requires uniforms, for which I'm thankful, but finding church and after-school clothes is sometimes a challenge.
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