I spent most of this week having a bit of a lover's spat with my wardrobe; trying to put together outfits that contain makes and are warm enough (I mean, I can layer like a pro at home, but it is not an attractive, suitable for serving the public look). On one particularly bad morning, I told myself "fine, just leave out the me-made aspect, and wear whatever you want". But I still couldn't come up with something, and I realized that I was just tired of needing to wear 4+ layers to work. However, the past 2 days things have warmed up a little, and fingers crossed it stays that way.
So here are the 3 things I learned this week:
1. While this challenge is important to me, it is not worth spending all day freezing at work.
2. Yarn creations count, as do underwear/bras. Somehow I forgot about this, but hey, if it gets me around #1, I'm game. Still, I am going to try not to do it often, because for me, this challenge is based on clothing, and so it feels a little bit like cheating.
3. A large portion of my makes are unblogged/made pre-blog. So for some of those I'll just add a little more information here, because I don't feel the need to devote an entire post to one t-shirt.
Day 2//unblogged slub knit scout tee (+2 sweaters).
Day 3// also unblogged hemlock tee + crochet cowl (the first photo below being what I'd like to wear, the second being what I needed to wear additionally so I didn't freeze my butt off).
Day 4// Watson bra, so no picture of that, but here's one of me rocking my Dad's sweater vest.
Day 5// Manila leggings (guess who had a day off and didn't need to wear multiple sweaters).
Day 6// a grey knit shirt made with this four-rectangle top tutorial from Cotton and Curls.
Day 7// the first Siksten tee, made out of a vintage sheet. Because this was a wearable muslin, I didn't put too much effort into it– no pattern matching, and used the existing hem of the sheet– which I now regret a little, because I really like this one.
Day 8// Striped hemlock tee + a "self drafted" skirt; in quotations because it is just a rectangle. One side seam and an elastic waist. This is brain science people. I made it in high-school as a maxi-skirt but at that length it was not easy to walk in, and I also am not really sure the maxi silhouette is for me. Then about a month ago I pulled it out and chopped it off and voila, new favourite skirt. Comfy, perfect length (slim risk of flashing, even when I bend over), not very voluminous, and alphabet printed for gosh sakes. I added an extra shot of that because from far away it just looks like mere polka-dots.
And stating the obvious, but this is this week's fully me-made outfit.
Thanks for reading!
It's my goal to actually sew enough this year to take part in MMMay next year, because I am really enjoying seeing how everybody wears their makes! That alphabet print fabric is adorable!
ReplyDeleteI feel the same, seeing the constant stream of makes over the past couple of weeks has thrown my sewing inspiration/motivation into overdrive! Good luck with your sewing!
DeleteAlso, I was scrolling through your blog a little, and I really love your photography; it's nice light and soft :) –getting good photos is still one of the harder parts of blogging for me.