I did it. Thirty-one days of me-mades, no repeat outfits. The hardest part was that Frances had uptillion doctor’s visits (more on that in another post), and on those days I worked from home, and I just don’t have as many homemade casual clothes as I do clothes for work. But I still did it!
As promised, here are links to all the blog posts about the projects including patterns, sizing, adjustments, and fabric sources. Here we go:
Day 1:
Burda 02/2017 #111 (unblogged). Love this sweatshirt pattern, not least because of the pockets! in the front. Sweatshirt fleece from King Textiles.
Day 2:
Burda Magazine Dress and trench coat. Embroidered bag adapted from the book Bags in Bloom.
Day 3:
Burda magazine top and Jalie Women’s Stretch Jeans.
Day 4:
Grainline Linden sweatshirt.
Day 5:
Grainline Linden t-shirt, cropped (unblogged) with storebought jeans.
Day 6:
Burda Magazine blouse (unblogged version of this shirt) and Burda paper-pattern skirt, clutching a Burdastyle magazine jacket and the same embroidered bag.
Day 7:
Sewaholic Renfrew t-shirt; Vogue 9155 view C pants (unblogged. Mini review: Should be a 16/18 based on their body measurement chart, but as always, tons of ease so I sized down to a 10/12. The fabric is a Fabricland ponte. Because of the knit I omitted the front fly closure and these are pull on, and it works, but in retrospect it would have been better to keep the closer and use woven interfacing in the waistband to eliminate the stretch because they do bag out over a day of wear).
Day 8:
Jalie Mimosa t-shirt
Day 9:
Burda magazine shirt, Patrones magazine pants
Day 10:
Modified Sewaholic Renfrew t-shirt, Jalie Women’s Stretch Jeans.
Day 11:
Burda 6910 t-shirt (unblogged and out of print! Mini review: rayon jersey from Fabricland here. It’s been so long I don’t really remember this one anymore but it looks like I cut out a 10/12 on this one. I seem to remember taking in the waist a bit because the gathering at the waist adds a lot of extra space), Burda magazine bomber jacket.
Day 12:
You can barely see it, but the shirt I’m wearing is a Jalie Mimosa t-shirt without the sleeve ruffles.
Day 13:
Burda magazine shirt.
Day 14:
Vogue patterns t-shirt, Burda magazine pants (New and unblogged so far, but hopefully I’ll get to it. Rayon twill from Needlework. I went with a straight 40 on this one reasoning that I could use the waist tie to cinch in the waist, and while yes that kind of worked, it would have been better to alter the waist down to the 38 and not have everything hanging off the tie).
Day 15:
Modified Sewaholic Renfrew T-shirt, Patrones Magazine pants.
Day 16:
Knipmode magazine dress, Burda patterns blazer.
Day 17:
Burda paper patterns shirt, Patrones pants, Burdastyle magazine bomber jacket
Day 18:
Sewaholic Renfrew t-shirt, Burda paper pattern skirt (I got a huge kick out of wearing an Art Gallery Fabrics skirt to an art gallery). Jacket is a hand-me-down.
Day 19:
Sewaholic Renfrew t-shirt, StyleArt Jasmine pants turned into shorts.
Day 20:
Butterick t-shirt, Burdastyle magazine bomber jacket (again)
Day 21:
Simplicity wrap skirt, Sewaholic Renfrew t-shirt.
Day 22:
Burdastyle magazine for the blouse and trench coat, StyleArc Jasmine pants.
Day 23
Vogue patterns dress, Burdastyle magazine trench coat
Day 24:
Butterick patterns dress.
Day 25:
Burdastyle magazine shirt.
Day 26:
Sewaholic Thurlow shorts (unblogged, stretch linen from Downtown Fabrics) and a Grainline Linden t-shirt (also unblogged).
Day 27:
Butterick t-shirt in what was claimed to be a linen jersey but which I actually think is rayon (Downtown Fabrics), Patrones pants.
Day 28:
Day 29:
Vogue patterns dress, Burda jacket.
Day 30:
Butterick shirt with Grainline Scout sleeves subbed in, and Jalie Women’s Stretch Jeans.
Day 31:
Burdastyle blouse, Patrones pants.
BONUS! Dance class outfits:
Burdastyle magazine leggings and an unblogged Burda sweatshirt. I even made myself a practice veil from a poly chiffon bought during a Fabricland members’ sale.
Incidentally this is the best pattern for dance class leggings ever.
BONUS! Pajamas and lounging about:
Pants from Amy Butler’s In Stitches (never blogged: pattern works fine but not worth the price of the book on its own; fleece from Fabricland, cotton in the short version from Needlework), tops are Grainline Linden t-shirts and Burdastyle t-shirts (unblogged as I didn’t like the way it looked, which is why it turned into a pj top instead of a regular t-shirt)
BONUS! Dance socials
McCalls dress, Burda magazine jacket; modifified Sewaholic Renfrew and StyleArc Jasmine shorts
I think I did good. I definitely proved that I don’t need to make myself any more clothes, so I stopped and sold my sewing machines.
Hahahahaha! … no. Two of the above garments are ones I made this month, another two have been finished and are waiting for a chance to wear them, and I made myself a dress for Hamilton Frocktails.
Sewaholic Cambie in a silk/cotton voile from Fabricland, lined in a white silk/cotton voile. It is the dreamiest, floatiest stuff for a dress, and also pretty fun to dance in as I then wore it out to a dance social which technically was in June so it didn’t count for MeMadeMay. Probably won’t blog this one since there’s nothing different about this one than the first, except that the silk/cotton voile has so much body that I just put in a simple a-line skirt lining instead of the gathered one.
Here’s to 11 months of no daily outfit selfies. Hurrah!
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