Sewing
I declared May to be a month of sewing for others but I also worked on a couple of projects for moi. I guess that makes my Me-Made-May sewing challenge an epic fail. There are two more projects for Mama R cut and ready to go but I just didn't have the time to get to them this month.
I entered two dresses in the vintage contest over at Pattern Review, a nineteen seventies house-dress I made for Mama R and a nineteen sixties wrap dress. The other sewing project that I managed to finish was a light-weight knit peplum sweater.
I entered two dresses in the vintage contest over at Pattern Review, a nineteen seventies house-dress I made for Mama R and a nineteen sixties wrap dress. The other sewing project that I managed to finish was a light-weight knit peplum sweater.
Sewing wise it has been a slow month.
Me-Made-May Month
Once again, I participated in Me-Made-May. To be completely honest it really doesn't seem like a challenge since I like to wear what I make. It is a good challenge, however, to discover where my focus should be on future projects.
This year I didn't take daily pictures, instead I recorded what I wore both me-made and ready-to-wear. Although I wear at least one me-made item a day, there is still a heavy reliance on ready-to-wear items as part of my wardrobe.
RTW Fast
I can't believe that we're almost at the half way through our RTW Fast. I wasn't tempted by any RTW or window displays here in my home town. But I will admit to a few gasps on the Tilton sisters reports on their Paris shopping trips.
Marcy Tilton reported that the French like to put bows on everything which I found amusing since I'm presently cutting out this tunic top with cute bows on the front.
Reading that made me feel some what fashion-forward despite the fact that I'm working with an out-of-print pattern from the nineteen nineties.
RTW Fast
I can't believe that we're almost at the half way through our RTW Fast. I wasn't tempted by any RTW or window displays here in my home town. But I will admit to a few gasps on the Tilton sisters reports on their Paris shopping trips.
Marcy Tilton reported that the French like to put bows on everything which I found amusing since I'm presently cutting out this tunic top with cute bows on the front.
Reading that made me feel some what fashion-forward despite the fact that I'm working with an out-of-print pattern from the nineteen nineties.
Stash Busting
It wasn't a good month for stash-busting [holding head in shame]. My bad.
Items
|
Stash-busted
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Added to Stash
|
Fabric
|
48.1
metres
|
46.4 metres
|
Interfacing
|
2 metre
|
0
|
Lining
|
1.5 metre
|
0
|
Sewing Patterns
|
14
|
17
|
Spools of Thread
|
14
|
7
|
Sewing Needles
|
6
|
0
|
Pant Hooks
|
5
|
6
|
Zippers
|
5
|
0
|
Trim
|
0.40 metres
|
10
|
Elastic
|
1.3 metres
|
12 metres
|
Bias Tape
|
2 metres
|
0
|
Snaps
|
0
|
0
|
Buttons
|
38
|
12
|
Ribbon
|
0
|
0
|
Hook and Eye or other Closures
|
4
|
0
|
Basting Tape
|
2.1 metres
|
0
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