Summer is starting to happen here! My son just finished his last day of preschool on Monday and my daughter has less than two weeks of school to go. I’m excited to spend more time with them and go on adventures. Around May, I get really sick of a schedule and look forward to the long days ahead. You know the kind of days I’m talking about; the ones when you’re at the beach all day with friends, your face is sticky from ice cream and you fall into bed, tired but blissed out. I’m also trying to lower my expectations of myself. This one is hard for me but I’ve come to realize that I can’t do it all and I don’t really want to do it all. The bar is being set low and my house isn’t going to be all that clean, dinners aren’t going to be fancy and I’m probably not going to get much sewing done while the littles are out of school. That’s ok with me. Fun is in our forecast! We are planning a few camping trips and lots of visits with friends. I’m also going to turn my phone off as much as possible.
Hello.
If you follow along on Instagram, you may have noticed me posting a lot of pictures of myself. This past month of May is also referred to as ‘Me Made May’ in the sewing world (on Instagram and various blogs). Me Made May is a challenge to create (sew, knit, weave, upcycle…etc.) and wear your creations for the month of May. It’s the first year I’ve taken some photos and I’ll show you below. It was also nice for me to look at my wardrobe and see what I wear the most and what I need (which I have discovered, is tops. More shirts/tanks/tee’s please.) My pictures are scratchy and rough, using an iPhone, young children as photographers (who did take great pics by the way!) and a few friends that just smiled when I thrust my phone in their faces. Apologies.
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2. & 3. Close up.
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Sneaking a kiss to the photographer.
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Here’s a rundown of what every garment pattern is:
- The Wiksten Tova Dress with pink velvet piping. Made with Anna Maria Horner fabric.
- The dress is Cynthia Rowley for Simplicity Patterns #2584; I used Anna Maria Horner Little Folks voile.
- The knitted cowl is the Honey Cowl pattern by Madeline Tosh (so is the yarn).
- The Alabama Chanin fitted top pattern made with upcycled T-shirt. Blogged here.
- The Make It Perfect shorts pattern with fabric by Joel Dewberry Modern Meadow Herringbone Lake.
- The Beatrix top pattern by Made by Rae. The fabric is Morning Walk Voile by Leah Duncan.
- The Mississippi Avenue Dress Pattern. Fabric is Kaufman Brussels Washer linen blend.
- A self drafted tank top, cut on the bias. Fabric is by Anna Maria Horner; this is an oldie and it might be from the Little Folks collection.
- The Wiksten tank in gray linen.
- The Greenwood Tank Top pattern by Straight Stitch Designs. The fabric is Cloud 9 organic interlock stripe in citron.
- The Everyday Skirt pattern by Liesl & Co. The fabric is Kaufman Chambray Union Slub Indigo.
- The Mission maxi dress (tank) pattern by Jaime Christina Patterns. The fabric is a soft pink organic cotton terry.
- The Chambray Dress pattern from HandMade Style book by Anna Graham. The fabric is Kaufman Rustica Chambray Linen in Indigo.
There were a lot of repeats and I wore those shorts A LOT (see picture #4)! I also wore a few other things that I didn’t get to take a picture of like the denim Tova that I wear all the time. I’m proud that I have this many hand-made items of clothing. I can’t wait to sew more! 🙂
