Friday 29 September 2017
And it's a wrap!
Friday 1 September 2017
The year of the sleeve
Tuesday 1 August 2017
Being a fangirl
Monday 31 July 2017
Another shirt dress. Testing the Mayberry.
Friday 28 July 2017
A long time in the making!
I then ventured out into the rain to take some photos which was much rougher on my photographer than on me, so thanks Nini.
These items are my entry for one of the monthly stitch indie pattern month challenges and I'm so pleased with my outfit.
Sunday 28 May 2017
A vintage outfit!
I'm not really a fan of ruffles but they've been popping up everywhere this summer and I thought the ruffled version of this looked cute without being too OTT so I gave it a go. Although I used some little flower buttons from my stash so I wasn't exactly trying to move too far away from the 'cute' factor! The ruffles were made from some scraps of a cotton linen blend that I had in my stash.
I want so many versions of this top! I've been searching for a good shirt/top pattern for ages and this might be the one! Although I wish it had a sleeved version as in it's current form, it's only good for summer. However hopefully we've got months of summer left so I can enjoy this for a while.
The shirt was worn on holiday with a new pair of Megan Neilsen Flint shorts. I seem to have become a little bit obsessed by this pattern. Personally I think this is a super cute look and is also giving off more 1930s vibes. I made the shorts from a scrap of denim that I had in my stash, that I think my mum donated at one point, and some scraps of stretch cotton. I also used 2 vintage buttons also from my stash. Basically, these were a great stashbuster!
I used red topstitching on the denim and navy topstitching on the waistband and for the button holes. I have done a lot of topstitching recently and I think it adds a really nice detail but maybe it's time to give it a rest now! I'm actually wearing these shorts as I type, since the weather in the UK has decided that it's properly summer. I hope you all have a lovely weekend in the sunshine!
Saturday 13 May 2017
Me-made-may final round up
Day 11. A rtw leather skirt and my liberty Mathilde blouse. While I love leather skirts, wearing this now scarce rtw item in my wardrobe reminds me why I sew! I fits so badly.
Day 12. Sew Over It Alex shirt and Mia jeans!
Day 13. A new Flint and Flora jumpsuit hack. More details will be coming soon.
Day 14. Mia jeans and plantain t-shirt.
Day 15. Sew over it ultimate wrap dress (unblogged) I like the concept of this but it needs a number of adjustments which I find frustrating when I wear it. It's starting to become apparent how I have started blogging only a fraction of the things that I make!
Day 16. I forgot to take a picture but I wore my Jade skirt and a sutton blouse
Day 17. Flint/flora jumpsuit again
Day 18. Sew Over It Vintage shirt dress
Day 19. A Jade skirt and 1980s jumper, actually wearing these made me realise that both should go to the charity shop as the skirt is too short and I don't like the fabric of the jumper.
Day 20. Nettie dress (unblogged and unphotographed)
Day 21. I didn't manage to get a photo and I don't remember what I wore
Day 22. Super colourful ultimate trousers and a bronte top.
Day 23. New Alex shirtdress (blog post to come)
Day 24. Deer and Doe Belladone to do my doctoral viva!
Day 25. Deer and Doe hacked Belladone top and ultimate trousers
Day 26. Lady skater dress (unblogged) to celebrate passing my doctorate thesis and viva!
Day 27. Flint trousers and new vintage top (blog post to come)
Day 28. Alex shirtdress
Day 29. No photo
Day 30. Flint trousers and Angelica top
Day 31. Worst photo of the month! Vintage maxi skirt and lace Belcarra top.
Right so that's May wrapped up for another year! This was definitely the year where I've struggled least to pick something to wear every day. I love all the basics that I've made and love that I've managed to fill some (but not all) of the gaps. Having a handmade wardrobe is great and the longer I sew, the more pieces that I think fit with my style and are well constructed and I find this immensely satisfying. I hope you all had good me-made-mays.
Sunday 7 May 2017
Me Made May Days 1-10
I contemplated not blogging about Me-made-May this year as I'm doing daily photos on instagram but then I realised that even if no one else reads these posts as they are repetitive, I love having my previous years documentation of what I've worn each May and the reflections of my style, life and the weather that they represent. So without further ado, here's what I wore at the beginning of May 2017.
Day 1
My Mia jeans, stripey Dolores top and owl jumper for a walk up Boxhill with my sister and a friend. A lovely bank holiday start to the month.
Day 2
Day 3
Vintage jersey dress, belt donated from my mum and RTW cardigan for a day at work and dinner out with friends.
Day 4
I failed to get a photo but I wore my ultimate trousers for a day in uni
Day 5
Ultimate trousers and embroidered top for another day in uni and dinner with a friend.
Day 6
A Saturday spent fabric shopping makes me look this happy! I wore a Sutton blouse (unblogged) and my spotty woollen skirt. This photo was taken approximately 5 mins before I spilt food over me!
Day 7
Sunday 30 April 2017
Rocking the 1930s
I'd never actually made one of Megan's main patterns, although I have made the free Veronica circle skirt a couple of times; here and here. I was interested to see how the pattern came to together and how clear the instructions were on a more complex pattern. I was impressed! The whole thing was a breeze to put together, although really the only complicated bit is the opening.
I made this in some unidentified fabric that was a gift from a friend of my mums. I'm not a 100% sure it's a dress making fabric but so far it seems to be working. I cut a size x at the hips and size x at waist and it fits perfectly. I so into making trousers at the moment. For years I gave up on wearing trousers, mainly because I couldn't get ones that fitted. It's so much fun being able to include trousers in my wardrobe again.
My mum and sister both had the same response to these; that they liked them but that they should be an inch or two shorter. Actually I think the pattern might be meant to sit at about this height so maybe they have the designers eye! Update-when I washed these they shrunk upwards so they are now a couple of inches shorter, hows that for the ultimate lazy fix!
I wore these on a trip to Eltham Palace with a friend a couple of weeks ago, it is the most incredible house done in 1930s art deco style. I completely fell in love with the lobby of the house and have decided that if I ever get married, I want it to be there (although I say this every time I find a beautiful venue).
Anyway we found some opportunities for dressing up and I tried on this gorgeous hat, which made me want to run out and buy one to wear on a daily basis. This whole visit completely reaffirmed my love for the 1930s and when I got home I had a little search for some 1930s patterns. I did not find any that I could actually afford but I realised how period appropriate my outfit for the day at Eltham Palace had been!