MMM Week 3

Well, I've not been as good this week as I would have liked, I've managed a me-made every day but I have had an outfit repeat, and two days I was wearing PJ's so there are no photos on those days. I think I need some more presentable me made lounge wear, very tempted by Sewaholics PJ pants pattern but I can't justify spending that much on a pattern at the moment.


Anyways onto the evidence

Me Made:BBW grey dress

Worn To: Work

 Notes: Nice comfortable dress, fake button placket at the neckline makes me feel like I'm making more of an effort than I actually am

 

 

 

Me Made: Crescent Skirt 

Worn To: Work (I think my boss was shocked to see me in colour, haha)

 Notes: I have a new appreciation of the crescent skirt, so much so that I have another one cut out ready to sew, I really like the none me mades in this outfit as well, though they come from shops with dubious ethical standards.

Me Made: Owl T-shirt and stash busting cardigan 

Worn To: College

 Notes: slightly slobby as I always look for college but I love this t-shirt

 

Days 16 & 17

Me Made: Ancient burda long sleeved T (with PJ pants)

Worn To: Home - unselfish sewing (some good, some super stressful)

 Notes: nothing to say, I'm such a slob!

Me Made: light grey knit dress 

Worn To: Work

 Notes:I know this may look like an outfit repeat, but I am wearing burgundy tights, therefore it is different! also that blurry bit at the bottom of the photo is a cushion I was resting my camera on.

Me Made: blue knit dress 

Worn To: home (sewing, internetting and watching TV)

 Notes:One step up from wearing PJ's all day again, no photo of it on me because I've been to the gym this morning and look as rough as an old goat.

Less than two weeks left of MMM I'm going to have to dig deep in the back of my wardrobe to avoid boring myself to death with outfit repeats

Laters Gators

Rachel x

MMM Days 6 to 12

MMM the story continues......

Me Made: That double knit dress I said I was getting rid of last year? yup still in regular rotation! 

Worn To: Work

 Notes: A nice comfortable work outfit that doesn't look too slobby

Me Made: Another double knit dress, raglan pattern from the Built By Wendy Dresses book

Worn To: Work

 Notes: Another OK work outfit, the fit on this is a bit off at the arms though

Me Made: Double denim dress - same pattern as yesterdays dress 

Worn To: college

 Notes: less comfortable than a knit dress

Me Made: Re-fashioned black jumper, elasticated waist skirt

Worn To: Work

 Notes: This jumper really needs to be scrapped, it looks way too tatty now, the skirt is also enormous around the waist (nice random capitalisation on the Y in day, check your edits before saving to jpeg kids..)

Me Made: Floral button back blouse 

Worn To: Running errands, buying Moomin Pen (the greatest pen ever)

 Notes: This top is not suitable for wearing with jeans, I was constantly pulling it down and trying to hike my jeans up.

Me Made: Minoru lining top

Worn To: Work

 Notes: love this top, feels like a t-shirt but looks smart, I think I may need to raise the bust darts a bit on the pattern though

Me Made: Self drafted chiffon top (wearable toile) 

Worn To: Work

 Notes: slightly inappropriate for work but I was running out of ideas, wearing it has made me want to revisit this pattern and perfect it though (also how pissed off do I look in this photo, haha, the tedium of daily outfit pics is starting to take its toll)

So there are about a million garments I've worn so far that have not been blogged about! I'm hoping life will get a little less busy after this week, so will start on some dedicated garment/pattern posts then.

Laters Gators

Rachel

MMM Days 1 to 5

Well, So far I've been good and managed to get a photo of every outfit, so here is the run down -

 

  Me Mades

Grey and black stripy T

Black and white stripe dolman T

Worn To

College (where I was grumpy)

Outfit Success?

This was thrown on because it was clean, comfortable and me made, this is basically one step up from wearing PJs, my brain knows this and combined with the fact that I didn't do my hair or wear any make up made me feel like a bit of a slob.

 

 Me Mades

Jersey Laurel

Self Drafted Denim Skirt

Worn To

Traipse all over Yorkshire fabric shopping

Outfit Success?

Love this laurel, I feel like 'Wheres Wally'

 

 

 Me Mades

Mary Margaret Laurel

SD Denim Skirt

Worn To

running errands

Outfit Success?

Another laurel I love, I will post a better picture of it soon (I'm sure it will feature in MMM again)

 Me Mades

Re-fashioned shirt

Crescent Skirt

Worn To

Work

Outfit Success?

I'm happy this shirt is work appropriate now, and liked the combination with the crescent skirt, for some reason this skirt gets overlooked (I don't think I've worn it since last MMM!) Happy with this combo

 Me Mades

Crescent Skirt

Worn To

Work

Outfit Success?

Giving that skirt a work out! I like this combo, the top was gifted to me by a friend, and will be modified at some point - it has a useless ribbon tie in the back which irritates me. Quite happy with this combo, it will be worn again.

Military to Mundane

I'm currently working in an information services/shop/admin job which requires me to wear smartish officey type clothing.

Of course, I have nothing really suitable, I've been getting by by alternating two dresses and a skirt and top with various cardigans. Lucky for me people know I'm a charity case and donate their clothes to me. In such a windfall I was given two shirts with some pretty dubious mid 00's styling.

Check out those epaulets - because every woman wants to look like they have big broad shoulders!


Apart from the epaulets, and some weird sleeve rolling up securing strip things the shirt was fine, well apart from the gaping at the bust and the extremely low neckline (for a work garment), apart from these things it was fine, and it was in new condition, still with the tags on.

Unpicked epaulets, sleeve straps

sew up holes, sew up the side of the button band (yay for stretch fabric), sew another button further up the button band.


Now wearable, if a little dull!

What my life looks like right now

Source

For Realz, I am buried under Fashion text books, and I know I shouldn't complain because I chose to do this degree but I AM SOOOOOOOOOOO BORED OF WRITING.

I had a birthday last week (I can no longer say I'm in my mid twenties, it sucks) so I think I might treat myself to a new tripod, so I can take pictures of FO's without having to bribe Beau to do it, also it would be useful for holiday pics later in the year (I'm far too good at talking myself into buying stuff, if I wasn't so good at it I would be far less poor)

I suppose now would be a good time for this -

 'I, Rachel-Lou of Made with Whimsy, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '13. I endeavour to wear one me made or re-fashioned garment each day for the duration of May 2013'

Taking it easy on myself - its a wonder I manage to dress myself at all the state my brain is in at the moment, I look like a bag lady.

A bit of home dec refashioning

OK I'm going to turn into an English stereotype for just a minute now to complain about the weather. I have two finished dresses, a blouse and a re-made skirt to take photographs of but I can't because of the stupid cold snow. I can't even take inside photographs because its too dark (and I have an irrational hatred of using the camera flash) Anyway expect lots of posts when the weather turns springlike.

Rant over.

Today I'm going to show you some home dec/upholstery refashioning I did for the bar at the college I attend. I covered ten stools and three beanbags all on my own as no one else was daft enough to turn up. It took me two days which included making my patterns, fabric shopping and all the sewing and stapling.

Onward to pictures -

Before

After

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After

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After

 

 

 Much improved dontcha think? honestly the photographs do not adequately show how gross this stuff was 'before' I was really nervous when I started working on these but it all came together pretty well, and the hospitality's manager at college was pretty impressed with them  so all in all it was a success.

Right I'm off to go sew some more!

Rachel-Lou x

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