Me Made May Days 12-14

Work gets in the way!

Day 12 was a repeat of the previous Thursday with a simplicity 2188 skirt in a Hobbycraft black flowery cotton, this time with a white t shirt (now relegated to the recycling pile after the two stains on the front were joined by a hole!).

I was so hot when I got home I changed into bought linen trousers with my flowery simplicity 2188 blouse. I wore these for work on Friday (day 13) as it was warm, even though they aren't work clothes. Hand knit socks joined the outfit with my walking boots for the evening.

Day 14 - Saturday - was my first completely me made day. Simplicity 2188 (again!!) blouse and crop trousers, my granny square cardigan and more hand knit socks in walking boots. This was the first time I'd worn the trousers and I soon had to tighten the elastic! (Tip - don't sew up the slot on the waistband until you've worn the item a couple of times and get the elastic exactly right! ).

I've enjoyed this first fortnight. I've worn almost everything (but not quite!) so it will be interesting to see how fed up I get with it all again over the next couple of weeks.

I've also accumulated an every growing mending pile. I don't seem to be managing  to mend in may though!

Me Made May Days 10 and 11

Yesterday was all about my pink linen blouse. I love this, and the matching infinity scarf. I just wish I'd given it a bit more seam allowance - I know now how much linen fray's!  Simplicity 8523 view A. I need to make another blouse in this style.

Today was cold and wet so it was the granny square cardigan and hand knit socks. By the afternoon school run it was boiling and the cardigan had been abandoned!

This afternoon and evening I've done some sewing. The sage green fabric I ordered arrived, so I altered the first skirt I made from a simplicity 2286 pattern - which I've never actually worn! I added a hemless bottom and pockets (from the original pattern) and I like it much better now.

I also sewed up the crop trousers which were one of the pile of unmade clothes I started with at the beginning of the month. They were already cut and just needed sewing. Apart from a moment when the bobbin had a paddy and fell apart, they were incredibly easy to make. The fabric was from Abakhan last year, from a vague pile labelled "trouser fabric" and is lovely and comfy.

Me Made May Day 9

A day for shopping and popping into school meant a day for another simplicity 2188 blouse (I use this pattern a lot!), this time in chambray polycotton. It was an absolute pain to sew - it's so thin I couldn't get the tension right at all - but it was lovely and cool for our hot day.

I've not quite got the spacing between the buttons quite right. Still debating a second attempt at those!

Me Made May Days 6-8

It was camp and I didn't want to wear any of my hand made clothes, so boot socks it was.

All very well, except by the Friday I'd only got 2 pairs. Pair 3 consisted of one finished sock and one I'd just picked up the stitches on ready to knit the gusset. Some frantic knitting friday evening while we waited for the cubs to fall asleep, and a bit during down time on Saturday meant that I finally had pair 3 for Sunday!

I finished the weekend with a second wear of Simplicity 2188 after I'd had a bath on Sunday afternoon. Perfect for a barbecue in the garden :)

Me Made May Day 5

I spent most of yesterday creating this Simplicity 2188 skirt from some £3 metre flowery fabric from hobbycraft. I added my own hemless bottom (and learnt more about how to do that another time!) and patch pockets.

I needed something to be able to wear as part of my work wardrobe which consists of black, white and grey so it all mixes and  matches. I have loved wearing this skirt today - it was so comfortable!

Me Made May Day 4

A multiple outfit sort of day!

Started with a simplicity 1080 tunic. This had such potential but it didn't turn out how I saw it in my head. Navy linen (fray's - yuk), first attempt at french seams (love them -need more practice), great practice at using bias binding to cover seams.

But it's just SO plain! I wasn't feeling the love for the pockets in the pattern so I left them off. I have since made an item with a different style of pocket which I love (more about that tomorrow! ) so I may add some different pockets shortly.

Changed for cubs - so wore my new boot socks.

Changed again when I got home into jeans, long sleeved tee and a favourite fat face cardigan. Added my hitchhiker scarf for the me made touch! (No photo of this outfit as I then went back out to a meeting! )

Managed to finish an item today - the big reveal is tomorrow!

Me Made May Day 3

Hand knit socks again, and today a hand crocheted cardigan made from granny squares. It was a labour of love - a lot of squares, a lot of sewing together and a lot of ends to sew in! I've not worn it much because it didn't hang very well. I finally decided yesterday it needed a button at the top and added it this morning. What a difference!  It doesn't keep falling off any more and looking like a sack!

I looked out some fabric for crop trousers last night, and when I cut out the pattern there was a skirt pattern already cut. I needed elastic for the trousers so went to Dunelm but they didn't sell it on the roll. So hobbycraft it was... and some fabric for the skirt pattern joined the elastic!