Me Made May

I have never ventured into the challenge of documenting my handmade outfits for Me-Made-May before but in a moment of inspiration last weekend I decided to give it a whirl this week.  If you are unfamiliar with Me Made May you can read this blog post: Click here!

Sunday 

Dress is a New Look mock wrap, Fabric is FabricMart ITY

Sweater is a McCalls(6844) pattern in a mystery knit from FabricMart

and I made some modifications to the pattern, added belt carriers, a tie belt and pockets.

As I understand it, Me Made May is the practice of intentionally wearing your handmades during the month of May and mulling over what you wear, why you wear and what you might like to add to your handmade wardrobe.

I wear at least one handmade garment a day on most days and this shouldn't be a huge stretch for me. I have not taken a pledge of any sort, I don't really do pledges anyway (no New Years Pledges either) but I do better with an overarching goal.  So since I wear at least one handmade garment a day anyway I figured I would document each day with a picture this year.  I am a little slow to start and missed the first week but here is my second week!

Monday

 Grainline Alder in a thrifted cotton

Tuesday

 McCalls (7348) T shirt dress in a Modal/lycra from FabricMart

and the sweater tied around my waist is a McCalls (7484) sweater in FabricMart rayon/lycra.

Wednesday

 Butterick (5526) Top in Cotton Voile from Hancocks

Grainline Maritime shorts in a stretch cotton sateen from Hancocks

This is my second favorite outfit of the week, its just about perfect to me, the shorts fit comfortably and I love a button down when I know that I can roll the sleeves down the air conditioned indoors. 

Thursday

 Hey June Raglan made from salvaged(a project that went awry) black rayon lycra and the white ribbed knit is from a 4X white tank bought at Walmart.  

Friday
Picture credit goes to my 4 year old :)

 Simplicity (1167) Tank made from a FabricMart rayon/lycra.

Saturday

 This has to be my favorite outfit of the week.  

The jeans are comfortable and I love this McCalls (7387) top, its very loose and breezy for summer heat but still feels put together. 

Saturday

 That is my first week of Me Made May, I think I will try to keep going and documenting each days outfit including at least one handmade garment.

I can already see that I need at least one more pair of shorts and since I love wearing the McCalls top, I should make another one of those as well.

Well that's it for this week!  

Happy sewing and thanks for reading!

Elizabeth