Monday, Monday. Sorry for the dreary photo. The light seemed quite bright at the time, but I think my camera was more enthralled with catching the contrasting beauty of fluffy grey cotton wool clouds and glittering blue glints in steely grey waters, than me in my outfit. I could almost hear it… get out of the way, woman! You’re blocking the lovely view! Well OK, then, if you insist on standing right there I’ll just make you a big dark blob, hmf, so there, take that…
Details:
Dress and Tshirt; self-drafted, of charcoal and black striped cotton jersey, details here and see this dress styled in 6 different ways here
Petticoat (barely just seen peeking out); taken from another dress, self-drafted of pink stretchy stuff, details here
Scarf; strip of ecru cotton jersey, seen first here
Shoes; c/o Misano
min 10C, max 19C mostly fine
For my family’s MMM13, today Craig is wearing this shirt, Tim is wearing this shirt and Sam is wearing this hoodie…
Craig’s shirt; Burda 7767 modified, mint linen, details here
Tim’s shirt; Burda 7767 modified, blue check stuff, details here and my review of this pattern here
Sams’ hoodie; self-drafted, details here
Tuesday: it felt a bit nippy this morning, the first morning dipping below double figures for the year. So after all my complaining about a too-long summer, I’m suddenly reminded how far more severely averse I am to cold winter mornings …. wot a hypocrite eh?
I’ve had this skirt almost three years now. It’s been such a goodie, it works with just about everything I’ve got. I can’t believe I got tired of it for a while and almost took the scissors to it to make something else…. o the blasphemy!
I love this kind of outfit for winter; easy and comfortable to wear and the long layers look elegant I think, as well as adding warmth. Stacked draped layers, in natural fibres, with contrasting textures, and in soft solid colours sometimes with a subtle self-pattern. Please note the poetry of the alliterative finish there 🙂
min 9C, max 23C, fine and sunny
Details:
Shirt; Burda style magazine, 10/2010, 102, ivory brushed cotton, details and my review of this pattern here
Skirt; skirt “m” from shape shape, pink linen-cotton fabric, details here and see this skirt styled in 6 different ways here
Cardigan; the fitted cardigan, knitted by me in Jo Sharp soho cotton in colour Calico, details here
Shoes; Bronx, from Zomp shoes
aaaaand today my family are wearing the following me-mades; Craig is wearing this shirt again, and Cassie is wearing this little black skirt
Craig’s shirt, Burda 7767, mint green linen, details here
Cassie’s skirt; Vogue 8363, black suiting wool, details here, and my review of this pattern here
Both outfits look lovely Carolyn, you are so clever with layering garments!
Looking pretty damn classy as ever. Makes my summer skirt look a bit clown like!! Jo
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Love the striped dress! Can I copy?
Rosi; of course you can! Mine is basically a copy of a Metalicus dress 😉
Great layering and you look lovely on both outfits. Looks like Sienna is feeling much better.
Loving the play of stripes on the frock! Delish!
Lovely outfits and great photos, the clouds look almost surreal! Glad to see Sienna back in action.
Dress with stripes is perfect!!
Wonderful outfits!
These are all lovely colours and looks Carolyn.
Is it because of your length that you are able to layer more successfully than most people? I feel so frumpish when I layered clothing. Sigh..!
I love it how your family also wears (and look great in it!) your made clothes. And your outfits are lovely, that cardigan is droolworthy!
I really like that striped dress, even if you camera wasn't impressed. Electronics that think that they are smart can be annoying but I still think it makes for a lovely picture.
I do think that the textures really addinterest to a monochromatic outfit.
I think that top photo is GORGEOUS. Beautiful scenery.
Ooh I love that striped jersey dress!!
These are both beautiful days! Your camera did pick up some amazing details in that first photo, but you look good too. Glad to see Sienna without her cone!
love that lavendar outfit and I enjoy the weather reports from the other side of the world.
a lovely collection of MMM outfits – its these MMM events that allow people to showcase all their hard work – wonderful as normal
Siena must be doing well, no cone around her head now. She really is adorable! Glad she seems to be feeling better. You, of course, look lovely as always!
Thank you so much Angela!
One of the reasons I love your blog is the beautiful backgrounds. Would have to agree that the skirt you pulled out for a nippy morning IS a keeper.
Two lovely outfits. I love your grey stripe dress.
I love your blog! And I love your clothes, but I just get so jealous when you write about the weather! Here in England today we've had highs of 8 degrees today… oh and it's practically mid-summer, it doesn't get much hotter than this! LOL