Sewing A Travel Wardrobe

After reading Kate Mathews' book on Sewing a Travel Wardrobe, I decided to try it for my trip to Hawaii in December. Although the book is a little dated (1999) there is a lot of useful information in the book. Even though I don't care for some of the styles, the concept is good.The one thing that caught my eye is the SiX Yard Travel Wardrobe.
This consists of a dress, jacket, pants, and a skirt. (p.56 in the book) I decided to try this in a tan/brown linen blend. I was hoping to buy a poly linen since it wouldnt wrinkle as mch, but ended up purchasing a linen-rayon blend, which will be very comfortable. I already have Vogue Pattern 8208 and decided to use that for the pants, jacket and skirt. I will use a basic sheath dress pattern for the dress.

In addition to these pieces, the wardrobe also has a dress and blouse out of a cotton print. I've picked out the blouse and dress, but not the fabric yet.

The remainder of the wardobe is made from Rayon Challis. It has a fuller skirt, shorts, sleeveless blouse, and long sleeve blouse. I have not picked the fabrics for this yet either, although I have chosen to use the basics from Easy Sewing The Kwik Sew Way (book with patterns) for the shorts, gored skirt, and blouse. I will probably use another pattern for the sleeveless top, which I still need to scan.

Of course, the first thing I'm doing is making this dress for my daughter out of a red polka dot rayon challis. Her birthday is Monday, so I'm going to try to get it done this weekend.