Wow, we are already in mid-May, time is flying! We are now half way through the challenge, so let’s see what my wardrobe had to offer last week.

Wednesday 8th: it’s not exactly a handmade cloth but I totally refashioned the blouse. It used to have the same fit as a bean bag so I had darts in front and back, reduced considerably the width and refashioned the belt by adding piping and attaching it. Much better now!

Mr Hubby is taking the picture, which explains the silly face!

Thursday 9th: that day, I went to a networking event so I dressed up! I am always impressed how underdressed some people can be sometimes when they go to this kind of event, not really professional :S So you may recognize my London Calling shirt (personal design) and the Geodesic cardigan.

Sorry for the weird face, but I was having such a bad day, everything went wrong that day!

Friday 10th: as the last Friday, I have my volunteer shift at the Humane Society, so similar dress code again. I wore my blue stripey Renfrew, but no picture, so you’ll have to trust me on that one.

Saturday 11th: Hot day enjoying the Hungarian Festival held in Belmont (just in front of my former place!). It’s been quite a while since I last wore my Soda Fountain dress.

Sunday 12th: the return of the Cambie dress! I realized by the end of the day I forgot to take a picture, so I asked Mr Hubby to do it for me and since the temperature started dropping, my Geodesic cardigan was quite useful.

Monday 13th: similar look as last Wednesday, so no picture.

Tuesday 14th: since my target is 3 hand-made clothes/week, I think I can take a day off with the challenge!

That second week of MMM’13 went okay for me but I started wondering what I’m going to wear for the next two weeks that I haven’t already show you! :S Anyone else in the same situation? How did you find that 2nd week of MMM’13?

Hi there!

Now that we are in May and I decided to challenge myself with the Me-Made-May 13, let’s see how I am doing!

May 1st: I totally forgot the challenge began that day, so nothing to show! Shame on me!

May 2nd: Hot day! To counterbalance my omission, I wore two hand-made clothes I made pre-blog, when I started sewing (and a little bird is telling me this is just the beginning. Lots of pre-blog clothes to show this month!). I made the top using the New Look 6749 pattern and the skirt pattern is the Burda 7345 (already seen there, but some details are not visible).

May 3rd: on Friday morning, I usually do my shift at the Humane Society (I am a cat socializer volunteer), which means I have to dress a specific way: long pants, closed shoes and my volunteer t-shirt. Doesn’t allowed much fancy stuff, but still I can wear the most comfy t-shirt in the world, a stripey Renfrew!

May 4th: another hot day, perfect for my new Cambie dress!

May 5rd: hot weather is gone, it’s nice outdoor, perfect for gardening, but a little bit windy, hence the Parcel pullover! (which we may not see again before a while, since summertime is starting).

That morning, as I was very excited to wear my new pair of Converse, Mister Hubby told me: “Do you realize how many Nyan Cats they had to kill to manufacture your shoes?”

May 6th: change of weather, some rain is even forecast for today! (in fact, about 3 drops of water…). Since I’m staying home today, let’s get comfy! The hand-made cloth is the black vest, made pre-blog from New Look 6659 pattern.

May 7th: look similar to yesterday. As my target is 3 hand-made clothes/week, that’s okay, challenge completed for week 1.

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I know this is just the beginning of this challenge, but I already noticed some interesting stuff:
- I don’t wear very often some of my first hand-made clothes. One of the reason is that I made lots of summer clothes and summer is just starting! The other reason is, well, I made some really poor fabric or pattern choices that don’t really match with my daily style.
- my sewing skills have increased a lot over the last 2 years! I sewed my first invisible zipper to the the New Look 6749 dot green top and I did it like a regular zipper! This is pretty dirty work, you don’t want to watch that closely! I also learnt a lot about fitting garment to my body shape and obviously, the dot green top has some fitting issues. But hey! Learning is a continuous progress and it’s not easy to find your style and understand your body type!
- I need to do something about my hair! Seriously!

So, what about your MMM ’13 week?