New Patterns and Fabrics

My 'about to be discontinued Simplicity/New Look' patterns arrived today. I'm very happy with them. I also went to Leeds market at lunchtime and bought some fabric from Jacks Fabrics. So whilst not exactly sewing I am indulging the sewing whims.

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For those wanting pics, click on the grey words above to see the patterns, and here are the fabrics I bought.

Left is a nice stretchy cotton knit printed in mid blue, turquoise, aqua, lime and spring green on white.
It is a really mad Ruthie print, and whilst I bought it thinking to make a top to wear with blue jeans I am very very tempted to make it into a summer knit dress. Its pretty loud though! This does however seem to be ME and I am exploring more at the moment what I actually like and makes me happy.
Centre is a black linen/viscose woven printed with white. This is lovely though apparently not colourfast. I was recommended to wash it with salt, which I have done, though whether this will have fixed the colour I don't know. This says drapey summer skirt to me.
Right is an emerald green crinkled knit printed in a similar colour. The stretch goes the opposite way to the crinkles/pattern stripes though, so this would have to have the stripes going horizontally around the body which is visually less than ideal. This also says summer knit dress to me.
So although I bought these in November, they are really summer fabrics and will go away in the cupboard for another day.

Patterns I have ordered

Have ordered these patterns - discontinued from Simplicity.

Patterns Ordered from Sewing World.

I ordered this end of line patterns today and hope they come in the next couple of weeks

Simplicity 2977 -

Simplicity 3775 -

New Look 6697 -

New Look 6751 -

New Look 6786 -

New patterns

Sewing World magazine has issues every few months where they sell end of line Simplicity and New Look patterns at a reduced price.

Whilst unable to compete with the US 99c sales, this is a cheap way in the UK of buying patterns so I ordered these 5 and they came this morning.

They all have good reviews on Pattern review and I think cover a good spectrum of garments though I am sure I will have to do alterations to pretty much all of them to my slight wierdnesses of shape.