Sunday, June 1, 2014

Me-Made-May - the last 11 days

Phew! We're done!

May 21

Me-made-May day 21

My second Tonic 2 tee. (This has since had the sleeves shortened to summer length.)

May 22

Me-made-May day 22

My Paron Multicities skirt with matching blue dunny seat. This skirt has had a couple of wears this month. I need to fix the lining though.

May 23

Me-made-May day 23

Locker room shot! Also a Three-Made-May day - croheted cardi, tonic tee and skirt.

May 24

Me-Made-May day 24

You know how it is - you are invited to a birthday party and you have nothing to wear. An hour later, the problem is solved with another Tonic 2 tee (with thanks to my new overlocker)

May 25

Me-Made-May day 25

Wore the same Tonic 2 tee to the swimming pool, in the garden, and to the garden centre. BEST SHIRT EVER.

May 26

Me-Made-May day 26

This must be the third or fourth wear of this skirt this month. And that dunny seat is pretty damn awesome.

May 27

Me-Made-May day 27

Skirt. Crocheted scarf held in hand. The weather has been really mild for most of May, so for once Me-Made-May in Canberra has been very pleasant.

May 28

Me-made-May day 28

Skirt, scarf.

May 29

Me-Made-May Day 29

Skirt, shawl, bus pass. Bored now.


May 30

Me-Made-May Day 30

Skirt, shawl and a fabulous dose of afternoon hayfever.

May 31

Me-Made-May day 31

Finally, the end. A new Tonic tee. I also wore this to dinner that night with the shawl from the day before.


So what did I learn from this year's challenge? Not including the revelations from yesterday's post, I learned that:
1.  I have some great staples in my wardrobe
2. I really do need more winter skirts
3. I need to make more t-shirts for lounging at home as my old Bonds ones are dying and heck - for a few bucks of fabric and an hour of my time, I can have a whole new t-shirt.
4. A pair of lounging PJ pants would come in handy for those days I was home sick (there were a few this month)
5. I have a great looking pattern for leggings and a new found love of knits. I should get on that.
6. I hate selfies.

I hope my fellow sewists enjoyed Me-Made-May as much as I did, and learned as much as I did. This year has been a revelation - I went from wanting to quit sewing at the end of last month, to absolutely being in love with it all over again.



4 comments:

  1. Do love the Tonic Tees, especially the orange umbrella one - I have to get the pattern for that! As for the dunnies - they are stars!

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    1. The dunnies became a little bit of a running joke after a while!

      Yes do track down the pattern - it's a good one!

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  2. I'm chuckling at the lift photo - the mirror in the lift in the morning is where I finally check my hair and that everything's straight! Thanks for sharing these photos, Michelle. You have done a great job and inspired me to get back to making my own clothes again also. My overlocker is a four spool but still pretty old; I love it, though, and it makes such a neat seam finish even for anything sewn on the sewing machine. Just makes knits so not-scary.

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    1. I have to get SO crafty with the lift! Have to make sure no one else is in there, and that it isn't stopping for a floor! I only work on the 5th floor of a 6 floor building with just 3 lifts, so it's rare to get the lift to myself!

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