Just recently I took part in me-made May again, and had a month of taking my own photos once more. It feels funny to go back to this, since I’ve completely got out of the habit of taking daily photos, but I do enjoy joining in with me-made May. It helps me to take stock of the items in my wardrobe that I really like and those that I don’t! and also identify any gaps in my wardrobe…
So these are my daily outfits for the month… there are 32 outfits for 31 days because we had one evening out for my sister-in-law’s birthday party for which I wore a separate outfit from during the day (pic5). I made every item of clothing I’m wearing in every outfit, except for my black hiking boots and white sandshoes. I did make the sandals in pic14 though!
Thoughts; (warning; skip this bit if you find wardrobe analysis boring!). I liked all my outfits although there are 1-2 things I pinpointed as being shabby and maybe not really up for public consumption any more (overdyed blue dress and the tomato cardigan from picture 1). I also resurrected a few things from storage to wear again, and was reminded how much I love them really. (chambray top from pic26, overdyed dress from pic12, jeans from pic 25, jeans from pic32, the shirt I made for Craig in pic16). Surprisingly (for me) I hated nothing, which is good, and makes me think I might need to retire those things I chose NOT to wear during the month! I conscientiously tried to wear something different every day and only discovered that I’d doubled up on a few things after the event. I wore my pink Pinjarra cardigan twice (pics 10 & 23) and also my little raspberry jacket twice (pics 9 & 25), and my brown knitted cardigan three times (pics 7, 13 & 24). For the last few years I’d got into the habit of not wearing jeans very often since I became convinced that I look terrible in them. However, lately I’ve found to my surprise that I don’t mind how they look on me. So, I’m planning to make a new pair of jeans, surprise surprise! Wardrobe gaps: well, sorry to sound like a broken record, however as old pocket-less items die they are only going to be replaced with pocket-equipped items! This is absolutely not negotiable.
In the end, me-made May is a bit biased in that I don’t get to wear my truly summery things nor my truly wintery things either. It’s all the middle ground, trans-seasonal things that suit middle ground temperatures. I mean, this is fine; because the majority of my wardrobe is obviously middle range things weather-wise… however sometimes I think I should do this sort of analysis privately for a hot month and a cold month too.
I also kept a pictorial record of my purple hair wash too! just for fun. :). The colour was quite intense to start with and had washed out to a shade I REALLY love after 2-3 washes. I took the 6th picture today, the colour is quite subtle now, but it still noticeable, I think. In a good way! However, this is a lesson to me that if I ever use a purple colour wash again to just use maybe a third of the tube, at most!
I made something else last month; a new pair of winter jammies… I used the Closet Core pattern that is my namesake of course, the Carolyn pyjamas for the bottoms. The top is vaguely similar to my usual pattern Burda 10/2009; 121 that I’ve used for winter pj tops in the past, but I’ve somehow managed to lose the pattern I’d traced out. I didn’t feel like re-tracing it, so instead I just laid down last year’s top and traced around the outside, haha. I added oversized pockets to the front, because I always need pockets.
I had to buy new fabric thus breaking my no-buy rule… but it was a necessary sin since I had no flannelette in my possession! I bought as little as I dared and managed to use the entire amount, so I’m forgiving myself! The bunny print cotton flannelette is of course from Spotlight, and I bought a small amount of white to give some contrast because I always like a bit of contrast. To be honest, I searched and searched for some garishly cotton candy coloured unicorn print flannelette which would have been my absolute ideal… and was extremely disappointed to find nothing like that. These sweet blush-pink bunnies are reasonably cute enough so they will do. For now!
In closing; a favourite moment from me-made May was the day when Cassie, Theo, Gilbert and I visited the Subiaco Flower festival together… we had such a lovely afternoon!
(photo taken by a kind lady passing by)
