Before May began, I had gotten into the habit of wearing a few pairs of sweatpants on rotation, paired with a t-shirt or jumper depending on the weather. I was, however, spending time dressing my Animal Crossing character in a variety of outfits, hats and backpacks (if you’ve missed it, […]
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The image above shows the me-mades I wore during Me Made May (which is the same as saying the entirety of the me-made section of my wardrobe). I’m pretty pleased with the showing given that one year ago during May 2013 my me-made clothing consisted only of one Sorbetto and one vintage
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Yippee I managed to keep to my pledge to wear a handmade item of clothing everyday. The round-up of the last two weeks of May is below. I’ll be following-up with a final post with my thoughts on participating shortly. 19/05: Coco dress to work with fancy tights 20/05: Meringue
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I came down with a cold on Sunday so am a bit behind with the round up of last week’s Me Made May outfits. Week 3 included a couple of very exciting sewing-related events – attending a book signing for Love at First Stitch, and the #NYlon2014 meet-up. 12/05: Burda
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I’m pleased to be able to report that I actually have more me-made clothes than I realised. I completed a second week wearing one hand-made item every day (but mixing them with RTW as I still don’t have enough for a full wardrobe) without any repeats. On to week 3! 05/05:
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This is my first year participating in Me Made May. Last May I only had a couple of handmade clothing items in my wardrobe so it wasn’t feasible to take part. It shows how much I’ve sewn in the last year that I felt pretty comfortable committing to wear one
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