Me-Made-May 2015 Week 4

A great collection of colours this week. As my original pledge was to wear me-mades from Monday to Friday I 'over-achieved' with 6 days this week!

I included last Sunday's Everyday skirt in the round-up as the weather was pretty sunny in London. I stupidly sewed through the end of my thumb whilst finishing this skirt in a rush to wear it hence the rather attractive white plaster on my thumb in many of the photos this week.

Needless to say the rest of the week was considerably cooler weather wise hence the mega-layering going on.

Day 17

Vest top: Gap

Skirt: Liesl & co Everyday skirt - me-made 2015

Shoes: White Birkenstock

Day 18

Top: Colette Sorbetto - me-made 2015

Top: Gap long sleeved tee

Trousers: Gap

Cardigan: Gap

Necklace: Marimekko

Shoes: Paul Smith black patent Marcello loafers

Day 19

Top: Silk tee David David

Skirt: Sew Over It Tulip skirt - me-made 2014

Leggings: Warehouse

Shoes: Paul Smith black patent Marcello loafers

Day 20

Top: Gap long sleeved tee

Cardigan: Gap

Skirt: Sew Over It Tulip skirt - me-made 2014

Necklace: Tatty Devine 2013 sample sale

Leggings: Warehouse

Shoes: Paul Smith black patent Marcello loafers

Day 21

Top: Grainline Scout Woven tee - me-made 2014

Top: Gap long sleeved tee

Trousers: Gap

Cardigan: Gap

Scarf: Marimekko

Shoes: Paul Smith black patent Marcello loafers

Day 22 - Animal Theme

Top: Top Shop silk dress cut into top after shrinking in the wash - me-modified 2015

Cardigan: Gap

Skirt: Marimekko sale 2014

Necklace: Tatty Devine Parakeet workshop - me-made 2015

Shoes: Paul Smith purple Dante brogues

When I compare this year's MMM with last year I am finding the daily challenge of choosing outfits so much easier because I have more to choose from. I have noticed that I have worn 100% separates so far this month which is interesting especially considering I seem to have lots of dress pattern in my stash that I never get around to making like the BHL Flora, BHL Anna, Deer & Doe Belladone... the list goes on!

I recently read Sophie from Ada Spragg's post 'Love to sew v love to wear' which totally resonated with me after realising how much I lust after dress patterns but in reality (as evidenced so far in MMM) ONLY  wear separates. Maybe it's because I haven't got round to busting out those gorgeous dress patterns and actually made one that is skewing the results?! To be realistic I have only got three me-made dresses to choose from anyway!

How is your Me-Made May coming along?
Have you noticed any similarities / gaps in your me-made wardrobe?

Are you fed up of asking other people to take your daily photo or had enough of selfies?

Or are you still enjoying the challenge?

Me-Made-May 2014 week three and NYLon14

Wow, week three has been crazy! Firstly the sun has been out so it has opened up more wardrobe options, which is great... and secondly I got through to the interview stage (on Thursday) for a new job I applied for on Monday - is it weird that some of my first thoughts about the interview was "What me-made things can I wear?"

Onto the me-made round-up where I managed to wear me-mades for six out of the seven days.

Day 12

• Colette Sorbetto in white polka dot cotton. I modified the pattern by adding pin-tucks.
• Gap black trousers
• Gap green cardigan
• Me-made Tatty Devine bunting necklace
• Paul Smith purple Dante brogues

My old faithful Gap trousers let me down on Monday because during the morning I felt a little extra waft of air around my derriere and realised to my horror that the back of my trousers had literally worn away and ripped. 
Luckily, I have a sewing machine at work so I fashioned a wrap style skirt out of a big scrap of fabric and quickly sewed a patch on the hole! I never thought I would be adding to my me-made wardrobe with some on-the-spot mending!

Day 13

• Simplicity 2154 in red twill. Such a lovely fit on this - I definitely need to make another one!
• Gap white and navy polka dot shirt
• Paul Smith blue Miller brogues

Day 14

• Grainline Scout Tee in black and white polka dot cotton - I need to take some of the excess fabric out of the back by running a centre seam through it. I felt slightly uncomfortable in this the whole day.
• Blue Gap trousers
• Uniqlo scarf Celia Bertwell collection
• Paul Smith grey Dante brogues

Day 15 - Job interview day

• Me-made Tatty Devine bunting necklace
• Gap black and white polka top blouse
• United Colours of Bennetton charcoal grey suit (bought in the sale for £45 three years ago)
• Gap charcoal grey tights
• Paul Smith red Miller brogues

Bit of a tricky one here because I felt a lot of my me-made clothes would not be suitable for a job interview. Needless to say I managed to sneak in my me-made Tatty Devine necklace into to mix. In case you are wondering, I GOT THE JOB! Yipeeeeee

Day 16 - Too Pretty for Pants

• 1960's Vintage dress - me-mended (fixed a hole, re-covered the butti=ons and did some minor fittings adjustments)
• Warehouse black leggings
• Clarks gold sandals 

I wasn't sure what the Friday theme was all about, but I guessed it was about not wearing pants (which in a UK sense could get you arrested in some parts of the country - but from a US perspective it means NO trousers... I assume?)

Day 17 - NYLon14 - Sewing bloggers meet up at the V&A

• Simplicity 9620 - in a lovely soft medium weight cotton with some stretch bought from Samuel Taylors in Leeds
• Top Shop black belt (not in this photo)
• Clarks gold sandals (not in this photo)

Yesterday was such a gloriously sunny day for NYLon 2014 - it was my first ever attendance to a sewing bloggers meet-up and I wasn't sure what to expect. I did know that I wanted to walk to the V&A because the weather was so lovely so I set off at 09.30 and got there with plenty of time to spare.

After signing up to attend the event via Rachel's blog over at houseofpinheiro I knew I would wear my yet to be blogged about SImplicity 9620 because its such a lovely fabric and its a comfortable dress to wear (after wearing my other black and white plaid version on the first day of Me-Made-May). It was the perfect choice due to the weather turning out soooo lovely and warm the simple shift dress was not too clingy and the bright coloured print was nice and cheerful for such a fab morning.

Here is a great shot of all the sewing blogers and their fabulous hand-made garments. Check out the gorgeous colours, prints and styles - such amazing ladies!!

I mis-understood about the NYLon name tag swap - this had been organised by Rachel a month or two ago where she had paired up bloggers to make name tags for each other (which I didn't realise and made my own tag). I started it on Friday night and then got up early on Saturday to finish off; the advantage of making your own is that it co-ordinated with my outfit!

The following ladies and I had a good old chat about sewing, patterns, seams and pretty much any other sewing related stuff at NYLon and I am going to add them to my blogroll. It was really great to meet you all:

• Claire from The Panda Sews
• Ingrid from We the Sewing
• Alex from Alexandra Law
• Tamsin from Pimp my Curtains
• Janet from Kitchen Table Sewing

Me-Made-May 2014 week two

Well I managed to wear four days worth of me-made clothes this week (I already had to discount Monday due to the Bank Holiday and DIY chores).

Here are my outfits:

I needed to have a more practical pocket orientated wardrobe this week; so my collection is mainly me-made tops and RTW trousers for week two.

I have joined the Flickr group so you can see my full outfits on there too.

Day Six

• Colette Sorbetto in a Liberty-esque cotton lawn
• Gap turquoise trousers
• Paul Smith purple Dante brogues

Day Seven

• Colette Sorbetto this was my first ever Sorbetto and the bust darts are too high really which is a shame because I love the stripy fabric and the leopard print bias-binding
• Gap black trousers
• Paul Smith red Miller brogues

Day Eight

• Black 'Gap' inspired skirt a self-drafted version of one of my favourite skirts from Gap that is in white
• David David silk t-shirt
• Warehouse black leggings
• Paul Smith red Miller brogues

Day Nine - Blue Friday

• Tilly and the Buttons Mathilde blouse
• Gap black trousers
• Paul Smith blue Miller brogues