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Wishing a very Happy Mother’s Day to all you yummy mummies out there!
I sure hope everyone got the obligatory cup of tea in bed this morning, hmmm?
I did not, but I forgive them because everyone did tiptoe in to kiss me and wish me a Happy Mother’s Day before rushing off to their various jobs  🙂
And then there was this…

I’m dressing for comfort today, although of course I am a big believer that dressing for comfort does not necessarily mean one should sacrifice style.  Jeans are comfortable, and look especially good when worn with a plain and simple white Tshirt; a timeless example of casual chic, no?
Doing another assessment of my wardrobe this morning, preparing for our trip coming up soon!  (squeee!)   I am embarrassed to see that as usual I could easily wear weather-appropriate, entirely me-made ensembles for the whole month with no double-ups of any garments whatsoever.  I need to either stop sewing and knitting (IMPOSSIBLE!!) or get rid of a few things (ALSO IMPOSSIBLE!!)  I’m simply too ridiculously attached to my handmade stuff, but I still have this restless urge to create more.  Last night we attended the ballet (fyi; I wore my red dress and my ivory trench coat together (below), so I was completely me-made but no photo sorry…) and it occurred to me as I sat admiring gorgeous costumes twirling and wafting by on wondrously graceful and athletic ballet dancers that I should try to get a job helping to sew costumes for the ballet or the opera or something like that.  I would be as happy as Larry just quietly toiling away at the sewing machine everyday and I wouldn’t even care about the pay; seriously!
The only problemmo would be this; who would do my very-unstimulating-but-still-unfortunately-very-necessary officework if not me??
sigh…

Details:
Tshirt; basically self-drafted, white cotton jersey, details here
Jeans; Burda 7863 modified to be flared, purple stretch cotton denim, details here 
Thongs; KMart

… is the name of the plant beside me.  Actually the name given to huge range of plants, this one is a bush, although banksias also come in the form of trees and groundcovers.  Did you know that Western Australia is a botanical world hotspot?  Mum and I visited the Australia Gardens in Melbourne a few years ago, enjoyed a lovely tour with a talk by a guide, and discovered (well, I discovered; Mum already knew) that Australia holds one of the most unique, diverse and huge plant populations in the world, and of that unique population, 95% is from Western Australia.
Interesting, huh?
All this is to distract you from the fact that my outfit is pretty meh today.  I thought it looked nice in the mirror this morning, but I am less enamoured of it in my picture.  What the hey, I am comfortable and perfectly warm.  I do like the interesting little peep of floral cross-stitched silk skirt coming out the bottom.  Ah well, you win some me-made days and you lose some.  🙂
I’ve finished my “wacky” project, and will wear it soon; not tomorrow, but soon.  I’m pretty excited about how it turned out now!  It is weird and wonderfully so!!  Imo, anyway…  😀  
And this afternoon after I have finished my office work I am planning a little dyeing session, on another recently almost-completed project (wish me luck  ;))
Watch this space! 

Picture taken around 1pm;  Temperature at the time 21C.
Overnight low: 13C; Today’s high: 22C 
Mostly fine and cloudy, very very windy.  That is my excuse for the hair  🙂

Details:
Dress; Burdastyle magazine 06/2011, dress 102, purple shot rayon, details and my review of this pattern here, and see this dress styled in 6 different ways here
Skirt; Burda 8071 with the bodice removed, cross-stitched silk dupion, details here (as a dress) and here (turning it into a skirt)
Cardigan; knitted by me, Jo Sharp’s Knitted Cardigan with the addition of knitted lace edging on the sleeve hems, using Jo Sharp Soho Summer DK Cotton in Sapote (col 216), details here
Shoes; Bronx, from Zomp shoes

… one has to say it the Italian way to get the poetry in my title there…
Another gal over on the me-made May challenge posted the weather stats on her photo, which I thought was a terrific idea.  It helps to gauge the appropriateness of the outfit when you have an idea of the temperatures, don’t you think?  Helps you to put yourself in those shoes and imagine whether you would be coping or not.  In my case, usually not… I’m a hopeless wuss in the cold!

So, yeah.  🙂  As well, I’m incurably nosy harmlessly interested in life in other places and I just like to know. 
On that note…

This picture taken around 3pm; Temperature at the time 24C.
Overnight low: 16C; Today’s high: 26C 

Still incorporating “new” things into my me-made challenge, although this linen/silk dress, like my maxi dress from Tuesday, doesn’t feel new any more.  It got worn massively over summer.  Today in a nod to the autumn weather I’m wearing it over my burnt orange silk skirt for a bit of extra warmth.  And check it out; the wavey welts and the skirt match each other… like a set! (hehe)

In sewing news: I’m brewing a new project in my head.  It’s a bit wacky.  I’m fully prepared for people to hate it  🙂

Details:
Dress; Burda 8511 modified to have welt pockets, duck-egg blue linen, orange silk welts, details here, and my tutorial for making the wavey welts here
Skirt; Vogue 8363 modified; burnt orange silk, details here, my review of this pattern here, and this skirt styled in 6 different ways here
Shoes; Bronx from Zomp shoes