15 minutes.

Yep - 15 minutes!  That is all it took me this afternoon to clear out some of my clothing from my drawers.  I have very limited hanging space (a small hanging cupboard for just me and Pete.....UNTIL he can get his butt into gear and reno our room!), so all things in there are left......for the moment.

I sorted my clothes quite viciously.......one pile for 'never wear again', one pile for 'I wont wear that, but I want to take the pattern from it' and one pile of 'yep - I wear that regularly'.  Most of these were shirts and this is just my summer wardrobe (winter stuff has been packed away, due to the limited storage space I have), so a clean out will be coming in Winter, too!

Now....according to Tracey over at Mad Quilter, I am supposed to sort out my style......hmmmmm......do I really have a style?  All the links that she has on her site and all the sites that I visited yesterday afternoon quickly have a name for a style and a description for that particular style......I end up fitting under a couple of different styles, myself!  Therefore, I have concluded that I will just have to work out my own style....I refuse to just fit into one!

So, like Tracey, here is a list of what I like -

• easy care clothing (ie no ironing needed.....or minimal ironing)
  
• comfortable and relaxed
• I dont mind clothes that are a little bit clingy around my middle....I just dont like clothing that is tight around my shoulders and under arms.
  
• My shirts have to be long enough to cover my belly - no midriff tops, please!  Too scary with the stretchmarks!!
• I quite like my legs, but anything too short and I feel like I am forever pulling the darn things out of my bum when I stand up......and THAT isnt as shapely as it used to be, either!
• I am quite fond of the flowy little shirts that are going around these days - the light, breezy overshirts that you can buy and stuff (have a couple of those)
• layering - love layering when I can!!

And here is what I have (post clean out) -

• a couple pair of casual shorts
• a couple of plain singlets that go well under shirts that dip a little too low in the bust or under those flowy little shirts
• singlets that go well by themselves (with wide and skinny straps)
  
• a couple of pairs of good shorts - ones that can be dressy-casual or dressy
• some exercise clothing (basically a couple of sport singlets and a loose pair of shorts)
• some sleeved shirts (threw into my recon pile the old T-shirts that I just could not get rid of before)
• nice slacks - black, dark brown and blue (a couple of the blue, as I will, hopefully, be working in the health care system when I can get myself a job).  These wont be good for the hot weather that we have been having, but they are permanently in my drawers - they dont get put away with my winter clothing.

And here is what I intend to make for my wardrobe over the coming months -

• a couple of skirts - I was quite fond of the 'broomstick' skirt a couple of seasons ago, but since my weight loss, I have not gotten back into them
• some nice shirts from the ones that I would like to get patterns from or recon
• I would like to venture into making clothes that are more 'feminine' - I dont have many.  That might mean that I have to delve into the op shops and find some material/recon clothes that are a different colour, but that will be ok.
• Less denim!  I went through a faze, where I would where only denim shorts, denim jeans and just chuck a shirt on over the top - that will change!

That is about it for the moment!  All clothing that has been removed from my wardrobe is now in my sewing cupboard, ready for reconstruction.......I have plenty of material to work with!