Me Made May is continuing to go pretty smoothly and while there are some repeats I feel like I’m not struggling too much to keep things interesting. At times it can be a bit of a pain switching from a dog park outfit to a teaching outfit but that’s just a bit of laziness on my part. Plus most of my dresses don’t have pockets in them and leaves me without a place to stash my phone, keys and more importantly dog treats and poop bags when walking Toohey.
Day 8
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Deer & Doe PlantainAfter a beautiful and unusually warm late April/very early May the weather has cooled down enough that longer sleeves are necessary. This knit doesn’t have much stretch and the fit is a lot closer than my rayon tee.
One great thing about working with kids is that you can get away with wearing more whimsical prints on the job. Which is great because this tee is super cozy and I’m glad it doesn’t have to be relegated to the weekend only.
· Deer & Doe Arielle blouse
For some crazy reason this blouse sat on my “almost done”
rack for way too long – we’re talking since the end of last summer. All that it needed was to have the shoulders
brought in a bit and the armholes finished.
Like I said crazy! So it was on
the top of my list of things to do to prepare for Me Made May and I’m glad it’s
finally in my closet.
· Jamie Christina Mission Maxi tank
· Deer & Doe Bleuet
A warm day at the dog park calls for a Mission Maxi
tank. A warm day hauling 11 sewing
machines around calls for a sleeveless Bleuet.
Unfortunately the lack of pockets means I need to carry a purse while
walking the puppy to carry treats and poop bags in.
· Deer & Doe Datura
I wear this Datura a lot year round – sometimes on its own
and sometimes with a cardigan – and it’s starting to show it. A bit of slightly too aggressive seam grading
has led to a bit of a hole along the neckline.
Good thing I’ve got long hair because that way nobody else knows and I can
keep wearing it.
· Jamie Christina Mission Maxi tank
· Megan Nielsen Tania culottes
This is a favorite summertime outfit. These were my first Tania culottes and
wearing them reminds me I need to make another pair or two. At least one more fun print and maybe a solid
go with everything one as well.
· Deer & Doe Datura
I wore this with a navy sweater most of the day, really
just took that off after mowing my parents’ yard. This fabric was doublefaced
which made it super easy to mix and match.
I need some more of these in my closet.
· Maria Denmark Kirsten Kimono tee
· Central Park Hoodie
Two days ago I was comfortable with bare legs and a jean
jacket late at night and now here I am wearing a wool sweater… Despite the
extreme weather shift I was happy to wear my Central Park Hoodie (which
according to Ravelry is almost a requirement on the site) knit in equally
popular Cascade yarn. This is the Lake
Chelan Heathers colorway and always reminds me of family vacations spent there
as a little kid. The white tee is a
basic goes with everything piece.
· Megan Nielsen Briar
Continuing the wool theme is this aquarium colored merino
blend jersey. Lightweight but warm I was
thinking I had put this away until fall but am glad to have gotten at least one
more wear out of it until then.
· Sewaholic Renfrew tee
I was excited to discover the turquoise stripes match my
sneakers almost perfectly. Not pictured
but I made a matching pair of undies out of the scraps and wore those as
well. Because that’s not weird, right?
· Sew House Seven Mississippi Ave dress
I wore this at the end of April and tried hard not to
wear it again right away. I almost did
the previous Friday but quickly remembered that the last time I wore it was a Friday
and that class is quite observant. The double
gauze is super comfy and I need more of it in my life.
· Megan Nielsen Briar tee
Yet another Briar… clearly I like my me made tees. I might need a little more diversity in which
patterns I use. Regardless it was very comfortable
to wear on a day spent running around doing errands.
· Sewaholic Alma blouse
I don’t wear a lot of yellow but I always make a mental
note to do so more often after pulling this top out. The sunny color contrasts nicely with denim
but this time I opted not to wear my floral statement necklace I usually wear with
it to avoid any clanking when I’m constantly bending over while teaching.
· Deer & Doe Bruyere
I still think the white background makes this a very
spring appropriate flannel shirt. This time
I wore it with leggings and boots to mix things up but in all honestly I will
probably stick to jeans in the future. A
slightly sad day in that my parents are back in town and came over to pick up
Toohey. I’ll miss the cuddly little
photobomber.
· Tilly & the Buttons Bettine top
I finished this up the night before and couldn’t wait to
wear it. Unfortunantely I couldn’t find
the perfect pink little flower buttons I picked out. So I quickly added some basic black buttons
and called it a (temporary) day. The Gertie
floral and strawberry print rayon seemed perfect for a day spend picking out
plants at Flower World. As much as it
seemed like a good idea to bring the puppy he was pretty distracted trying to
greet everyone and it made deciding on plants a bit more difficult. Still T was super excited to see me again.
· Deer & Doe Sureau
Just like last year I didn’t think and wore this super
lightweight lawn dress to windiest school I teach at which also happens to be
on top of a hill. Luckily the wind wasn’t
so bad and I only had to yank my skirt down once. Other than that this continues to be one of
my favorite spring dresses.
· Deer & Doe Plantain
Not much else to say about this that wasn’t said on day
one.
Day 25
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Deer & Doe Bleuet
I could probably fill my closet with various Bleuets and
most of them would also include pearl snaps. In fact I’m already working on
dress #4 and a shirt version.
· Tilly & the Buttons Bettine top
After searching all over I eventually found the intended pink
buttons at the bottom of my purse. I immideately
took off the uninspired black buttons and set to work adding buttonholes and attaching
the pink buttons. Which naturally meant I
couldn’t wait any longer to wear it again.
· Kitschy Coo Lady Skater
I’ve made a few Lady Skaters and this one continues to be
my favorite. It works great in the
spring and is easy to layer in the fall. In my after school classes we're doing a charity project making Snuggles (think animal blankies) for the local animal shelter through the Snuggles Project. Shouldn't surprise anyone what I decided to make the sample with...
· Megan Nielsen Briar
Toohey is always super excited when I visit and that
involves a lot of jumping, wiggling and licking. That doesn’t always translate
into nice clothes. Hence another Briar
repeat.
Day 29
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Sewaholic Renfrew mini dress
This was a me-made that I misplaced and couldn’t find it
at all last fall but recently unearthed it when I was going through a box of
summer clothes. It’s just a Renfrew
chopped off a bit below the waist and a gathered rectangle attached as a
skirt. FYI if you’re thinking of doing
the same don’t just add a skirt to the tee instead of a hem band, the
proportions are off and it just looks weird.
Day 30
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Papercut SJ tee
This is my second SJ tee and I didn’t stretch the
neckband enough before attaching it.
I’ve since ripped it out (of course I serged it) and redid it. I imagine I’ll be making more of these in the
future.
·
Sewaholic Cambie
To me seersucker screams summer and warm weather. I’m glad the weather warmed up again so I
could wear this dress all day this month and not just change into it after the
dog park. Plus it always impresses kids
when you tell them that you made it.
Every year I think I need more separates in my closet and
especially when puppy sitting this is even more apparent. This month I’ve been making more of an effort
to sew more tops and trying out different patterns. But when Toohey is around my productivity is
lower as he frequently thinks that time would be better spent playing and/or
cuddling with him and it can be hard to disagree with him. After he went back to my parents I suddenly
had a lot more free time to spend sewing guilt free. Naturally at that point May was almost over… I’m
sure I’m not the only one with furry little distractions out there.
Overall it was another successful Me-Made-May! I made some new tops to wear with jeans and
have more planned. There’s a few things
I didn’t pull out that I tend to only wear during this challenge which was
nice. I hate wearing something because I
feel like I should but don’t really care for.
I tend to wear clothes I made a lot but love talking about the challenge
when I’m teaching since it gives the kids an idea of what they can do with the
skills I’m teaching them. Plus kids are
always impressed when you tell them that you made what you’re wearing. No big new revelations this time around, I
could still do with some more separates although I’m doing better at using a
larger variety of patterns so it doesn’t look like I’m wearing the same thing
all the time just in different colors.
I’d say my wardrobe goes together reasonably well as a whole. I'm fond of the blue/green spectrum and snag nice fabrics in those colors when I see them knowing I will eventually get around to sewing them up.
Oh, and Toohey managed to show up in 20 photos. Next year I really need to make him pose more. He likes being in photos and is really good at "sit and wait" while I set everything up.
