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Saturday: meet my evil twin… can you guess which is me and which is she??  No, I didn’t think so  😉  I got a question in the Flickr group, do I have a body double…  um, no?!  and I only have one of this dress too…!
I admit my photoshopping skills are pretty horrific, a strip in the middle of the photo appears twice but hey, it’s my first composite!  and anyway, it should be all about the handmade clothes, right?  I thought this the best way to show both of the items that I wore today.
Today I wore my mustard bandage dress, and looked like the lefthand version of me all day.  I took that photo at around noon.   Then in the evening we were going out so I added my ivory trench coat and took that photo at about 5pm.  I am “glowing” a bit more in the left one, but that is hardly surprising given the difference in the light at those two times!
So, I looked like the right hand version from 5pm until midnight.At that time I turned into a pumpkin.

min 8C, max 23C, fine and sunny

Details:
Dress; Burdastyle magazine 09/2010, pattern 122, mustard coloured ponte, details and my review of this pattern here
Coat; McCalls 5525, ivory drill with satin lining, details here and my review of this pattern here
Socks (not seen), handknit by me to a 60’s pattern, details here
Thongs; Havaianas
Boots; Sempre di, from Zomp shoes

Today in my family’s MMM13, Cassie wore this shirt, and Sam wore this jacket…

Cassie’s shirt (I originally made this for me, but it looks a lot better on her, so it has migrated to her wardrobe  ;); Burda 7767 modified, details here, and my review of this pattern here
Sam’s jacket; Burda 7767 modified, details here and my tutorial for making the welt/patch pocket here

Sunday:  sartorially, I have another bout of couldn’t-give-a-toss-itis.  Meh.
The good news is that yesterday I learnt how to write a link in flickr descriptions, so now my descriptions look much more neat and tidy, with the links directly back to the original garment post, which is a much better arrangement.   So, now I have a word document saved with the code written on it:

whereby ADDRESS is the
web address of your post that you are linking to, and TITLE is what you want
the link to say.  Looks so much cleaner now  🙂

min 12C, max 24C, fine and sunny

Details:
Tshirt; self-drafted, refashioned from two old childrens’ Tshirts, details here
Skirt; my own design, refashioned from a pair of old Burda 7863 corduroy jeans, details here
Shoes: Enrico Antinori, from Zomp shoes

I am the only member of my family wearing me-made clothes today…

Monday, Monday…  Busy busy busy but not too busy, which is a very good kind of busy to be!

min 13C, max 22C, fine and sunny.  And windy!

Details:
Skirt; lace with coffee silk lining, details here
Tshirt; self-drafted, white jersey, details here
Cardigan; self-drafted, black snakeskin-look stuff, details here
Sandals; Misano

and Craig is wearing this shirt and Sam is wearing this hoodie…

Craig’s shirt, Burda 7767 stripe cotton with contrasting yellow facings, details here
Sam’s hoodie; self-drafted, details and my tutorial for making the hood here

The theme for today’s mini photo challenge in me-made May is your home town, so ta da!!!!  I walk past this view nearly every day, but my photos will attest to the fact that I usually position my camera to not include the city, if I can.  I dunno, a city skyline rarely looks very attractive to my eye.  I prefer nature.  See, I still got a bit of tree to frame my picture!
See that medium height, square white building to the far right, with sorta “castellations” at the top corners?  I can vividly recall that being the tallest building in the city.  It has a revolving restaurant, then called Highlite 33, at the very top …  can you guess which floor that was? haha!  When I was about twelve, my parents took us to dinner there once, for some special occasion.  It was pretty swanky back then.  My brothers and I were utterly fascinated by the revolving floor, and observed tables inching past windows, goggle-eyed.  I remember a toothpick being placed surreptitiously by a window, and cries of glee when we came around to it again.  That toothpick was greeted like a minor celebrity at our table. 
It’s now inexplicably called the C restaurant.  The food critic for our local paper completely ripped it to shreds in a review a few years back, which was a minor scandal and hugely entertaining for everyone.  Except the owners, probably!
My outfit: I like the look of blue denim and chocolate brown together.  I put the tights on first, and they are so cosy and warm I didn’t want to take them off! so just picked things to complement them.  The heels are wearing pretty thin now, so after winter I’m going to transform them into footless leggings.  That’s the beauty of sewing stuff yourself… you can improvise and keep a thing kicking on like this!

min 8C, max 23C, fine and sunny

Details:
Dress; Burda style magazine 06/2011, pattern 102, purple/brown rayon, details and my review of this pattern here, and see this dress styled in 6 different ways here
Cardigan; the fitted cardigan, knitted in Jo Sharp soho cotton, colour Sapote, details here
Tights; self-drafted, jersey printed to look like distressed denim, details and my tutorial for drafting your own custom fit tights here
Shoes; Francesco Morichetti, from Zomp shoes

the family’s MMM; Craig is again wearing this shirt, Tim is wearing this jacket and Sam is wearing this jacket…

Craig’s shirt; Burda 7767, blue linen, details here, and my review of this pattern here
Tim’s jacket; Burda 7767 modified, beige corduroy, details here 
Sam’s jacket; Burda 7767 modified, navy corduroy, details here and my tutorial for making that welt/patch double pocket here

Thursday:  I think I’m super strict with my colour palette.  Bright colours scare me a bit and while I like them in theory, in practise they freak me out and I just have to isolate them, visually; counteract a garish colour by drowning it in neutrals with the rest of my outfit.   Or, should that be, showcase? a garish colour by pairing it with “invisible” neutrals?  Hmmm, is either, or both more accurate?  I don’t know!
So, pink jeans.   I love them, and have worn them a lot since I made them last year, but I’ve noticed I will only wear them with neutral tops, most usually white or ivory.  Fortunately I have plenty of these  😉
I’ve just looked at these jeans when they were new, and boy have they faded!  They used to be soooo bright!

min 9C, max 22C, fine and sunny

Details:
Jeans; au bonheur des petite mains, strawberry pink cotton denim, details and my review of this pattern here.  And many thanks to shams for the pattern  🙂
Top; my own design, made from an old pair of cotton pants, details here
Tshirt (under); self-drafted, white cotton, details here
Thongs; Havaianas

today Craig is wearing this shirt, Tim is wearing this hoodie and Sam is wearing this shirt…

Craig’s shirt, Burda 7767 modified, blue linen, details here and my review of this pattern here
Tim’s hoodie; self-drafted, details here
Sam’s shirt; Burda 7767 modified, crinkly gingham, details here