Here's a retro reprint pattern: Simplicity 3673. I store the pattern pieces in a large manilla envelope and I put the pattern envelope in a page protector in a 3-ring binder. The new pattern envelope is large enough to add redrafted pieces to the original pattern. I also like having my pattern envelopes stored seperately. After years of sewing, I now have my own personal pattern selection book of patterns I know and like. When shopping for fabric, I can just take the chosen pattern envelopes in their page protectors to the shops. No more lost pattern pieces and no more torn and unreadable envelopes.
This is the first time I'm making this design. I've chosen a Japanese cotton. It's a loose weave knubby textile in a small black and brown check. My first job after choosing the fabric is washing the fabric as I would the finished garment. If I don't like the result, I can do one of two things. Choose a different pattern from my personnel pattern book that would be more appropriate or add the fabric to my stash and head back to the store for a different fabric for this pattern or a different pattern that will give a better result with the washed fabric.
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