Sewing has been slow over the last few months so fewer new garments were made than intended. Plus I bought a new pair of shoes which went really well with some sandals from last year and together they altered my colour palette slightly. Of course I have enough clothes, without sewing more, to put together a good travel wardrobe.
The travel wardrobe take 2
Just a reminder that I use the Vivienne Files 4x4 wardrobe concept to create my travel wardrobes. I will leave it to Janice to explain how it works.
As per usual whilst I might have made some new clothes for the trip I haven't managed to blog about them before hand. I will update this post to include links to these garments as and when I manage to write about them - this will probably take me until Christmas!
An extra item was thrown into the suitcase at the last minute - my DKNY Navy & Milk Dot leggings which can be worn with at least three of my tops, maybe four just not sure if it is long enough!
The shoes
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| United Nude Zink Patch; Mid Heel; Colour Pop Mix |
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| United Nude Rico Boot Neon Red Disco |
The accessories
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| The jewellery |
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| Trelise Cooper Chasing Rainbows Tote |
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| Mulberry Black Cross Body Bag |
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| Front Row Society "Effi Briest" cashmere scarf |
The packing
The clothes easily fit into two medium Eagle Creek packing cubes. All the tops were rolled-up to fit into one with my trousers and dresses in the other. Underwear went into a small packing cube. |
| Eagle Creek medium and small packing cubes |
The clothes in action
I have been relatively good remembering to take photos of the me-made-clothes as they are worn during the week here at the International Quilt Festival. Plus I have had a very able photographer who is more patent and clothes conscious than the usual one. But please don't tell him or he might resign from his crucial blog support position. |
| Everything's bigger in Texas At Quilt Festival wearing Untouched World Moonless Lofty merino cardi, Silhouette Brilliant Red Mouline Silk Dress aka Tory Burch Knitted t-dress and United Nude Zink Patch Mid Pop Mix booties |
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| In the Lobby of the Doubletree Hotel Downtown Houston, wearing Andrea Moore True Love Trousers, Silhouette Patterns Marie's Sweater and #UnitedNude Rico Boot Neon Red Disco |
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| Left: outside the Hilton Americas hotel wearing Untouched World Moonless Lofty Merino Cardi, V1410 Jack and Charlie dress and United Nude Rico Boot Neon Red Disco Right: outside the George R Brown Convention centre, wearing V1410 Winter Floral dress, DKNY Navy & Milk Dot Leggings and United Nude Zink Patch Mid Pop Mix booties |
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| On the Paula Nadelstern carpet at the Hilton Americas, wearing Victory Patterns Ulysses Rainbow trench, Moochi Level Layer tunic, DKNY Navy & Milk Dot Leggings and #UnitedNude Zink Patch Mid Pop Mix booties |
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| Hard at work writing this blog, wearing Untouched World Moonless Lofty merino cardi, V1454 DKNY Gorgeous Butterflies top, Andrea Moore True Love trousers and United Nude Zink Patch Mid Pop Mix booties |
Updated 18 November: Even after my days at work I still had three garments that weren't worn: Andrea Moore Zen Layers top; Andrea Moore Fly My Pretty top and Silhouette Patterns #312 Giorgio's top. I would probably have been happy with this travel wardrobe for three weeks away which is really useful to know and will hopefully enable me to pack even lighter for the next trip.
The miscellaneous travel photos
Arriving back in Christchurch before the big international trip I took this series of photos as we came into land. It makes you want to live above the clouds!
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| Descending back below the clouds to a damp grey Christchurch |
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| San Francisco airport runway light show |
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| San Francisco coming and going |
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| En-route to Portland
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