Me Made May 22
I look forward to Me Made May. Apart from joining in with SewBrum (which i didn’t do last year), it about the only sewing event that i join these days.
Last year was a mixture of both a success and failure. So this year i need to try to address that result.
The ‘failure’ was in my attempt to wear many of the items that i had made during lockdown, primarily to keep myself busy. I didn’t do as well as i had hoped, so, with a somewhat different lifestyle these days, i am going to try again.
The success was that, in not wearing recent makes, i concluded that i didn’t really need any more clothes, and that i would, perhaps with odd exceptions, stop sewing for myself. My blog for the last 12 months is testament to the alternative forms of stitching that i have done instead.
There is rarely a day when i don’t wear ‘me made’. There used to be an exception for days when i went out hiking, as i had a sufficient supply of purchased walking gear. Then two years ago i made some long sleeved t-shirts especially for walking. They have been so well used! My purchased short sleeved t-shirts are still good to go, so i will need to rely on post walking togs and sleep wear to satisfy the daily ‘me made’, assuming that decent weather continues. So, yet again, i will try to wear the things that i made, now 2 years ago, when i had little else to do.
I’m pleased to say that some of the more challenging pieces are already coming into use.
This jacket has a lease of life when i am volunteering at the National Trust. It’s reasonably smart, a bit different and comfortable. Bingo!
I wore this blouse, the one and only time, at New Year. That’s a while ago now, but brighter weather will almost certainly bring it out again.
And i have even worn this sequinned jacket, which i basically made ‘because i could’, having won the fabric at SewBrum some years ago. It was never going to get a lot of use, but let’s see if i can bring it out again in May.
I suspect i’ll do a lot better with my pledge this year…..
One Week, One Pattern
Me Made May 2016
Me Made May 2015
Simplicity Competition
Sew Over it Patterns
all my own work by ann 