Sewing Clothes for Teaching

Since moving to the country I emptied my closet of all the clothes I used to wear when traveling and teaching and reduced my garb to shorts and shirts in the summer (8 months out of the year) and jeans and shirts in the winter. Whenever I felt the urge for something new, it was a time for a trip to the rumdum. I would turn in the old clothes that had lost my interest (or no longer fit) and trade them in for new-old clothes. I got some great outfits this way for darn near nothing.
BUT, now I am coming out of retirement and need new teaching outfits which means digging into the stash to see what I can use for pants and shirts.

The Basics are Calcutta cloth for the pants and Linen Rayon for the shirts or maybe light jackets. I have chosen pastels since it is still summer and I can clearly remember trying to wear new school clothes that were meant for December but the weather was still August. Where's all the red fabric? It used to be my favorite color but lately it is a tug of war between pink, aqua and the wonderful lime green. Good thing I have some pink shoes.

Some of these quilting fabrics may become clothing fabrics since they coordinate so well with the solids above. I washed everything and they are ready to press, pin and cut. The dye stuff is shelved for the weekend and I dragged my huge Rubbermaid of patterns from the garage into the studio. Now the daunting task of determining what size to make things. Eek.