May in Review...

Sewing

Four out of the seven projects sewn this month were for others, the shirt (McCall's 7940) and pear print dress (The Eva dress by Tessuti patterns) and the black wool cardigan (OOP 4192) were for moi.  Gifted projects were the cotton slips (Kwik Sew 3645), men's pull-on pants (Kwik Sew 3663) and dress (Simplicity 2372).    

Stash-busting

  

All of this month's sewing projects were made with fabric and notions found in the stash.  Stash busted this month:  12.4 metres fabric, 10 buttons, 4 packages of seam binding, 1 - 55 cm invisible zipper 0.2 metres of Knit 'N Stable tape and 1 metre of elastic.  

Me Made May 2022 

My MMM pledge was all about editing my wardrobe and trying to figure out what I want to do with the lesser used / loved / don't fit anymore pieces in my wardrobe.  My focus was making my wardrobe function for my current lifestyle.  Some items were fixed, altered or replaced.  

And I continued with wearing my me-made clothing and accessories everyday.  I've been working hard at trying to lose weight.  Since this time last year I have lost fifteen pounds and I would like to lose another seventeen pounds to bring myself to a healthy weight.   This year, I am wearing me-made items that I wasn't able to wear last year.  That feels good to bring them out to wear again.  But I must say, other than wearing me-made pajamas most often, the knit wrap dresses were my go-to comfortable item to put during this year's rainy MMM season.  

So, what did I learn about my me-made wardrobe.  Well for one thing, the older I get the more I appreciate easy access clothing.  Back zipper dresses are not my favourite to pull from the closet.  I'm not as flexible as once upon a time.  Give me a wrap dress or pull-over dress over a fitted back zipper dress any day.  And dealing with arthritis in my thumb, which was behind my wrist pain but that's a whole other story, makes me appreciate buttons that are not itty bitty and cute.  There is nothing cute about button struggles.   This leads me to my favourite accessory this year, a thumb brace--replacing the face mask of 2020-21 as the must-have fashion accessory.  The thumb brace is a game changer at the cutting table and sewing machine.  But it also leads me to consider picking clothing that I can fit over the brace.   My Me-Made-May 2022 wardrobe choices are all about easy access and comfort.  

Stay Safe and Keep Sewing!