The Lull before the Sewing Storm.

I don't know about you, but I like to start sewing for the coming season well ahead. If I start to sew at the beginning of the season, I find the season is over before I have an outfit complete. It's okay if I am making simple little separates to add during a season, but not for planned outfits of the SWAP or 6PAC sort. For that you need to plan and allow time to complete the sets. Winter (I live in Australia) officially starts tomorrow, so it is a bit late to start a winter wardrobe plan. And in any case, at the moment there is little sign we are actually going to get much of a winter where I live. So it is too late to start a plan for winter now. Instead, I am thinking about a Spring plan - with perhaps the first outfit being able to be worn on warmer days in winter. I am thinking about a pants suit. . I am thinking about using this pattern, Burda 6985. Now, the pattern says that it is an advanced sewers pattern. I'm not going to let that put me off, a