Well, I’ve made it through 3 weeks (well, 2.5…) of my pledge to wear something handmade every weekday of May, for a total of 23 days. I’ve completed 13 of those 23 days so far.
Apparently the theme for this week was blue:
May 13th
Me Made: Hand knit Butterfly Cami in Jade Sapphire Lacey Lamb yarn
Cardigan: Old Navy
Cami: Lady Hathaway (<3 u, Costco!)
Jeans: Old Navy
Shoes (not shown): Keen
Das stimmt, lieblings, I’ve been presented with the Liebster award! Danielle of One Small Stitch Today was very kind to nominate me for this honor, and it’s been a delight to pore over the beautiful makes in her blog. Thank you, Danielle!
For those of you that don’t know, the Liebster is an award one blogger can bestow upon another, provided they have less than 200 followers. It seems the criteria regarding the award vary greatly between different instances of the Liebster, based on this Liebster origins blog post, so I’m just going to follow the information Danielle has outlined in her blog post:
To accept the award, I need to answer the 10 questions set by Danielle, then nominate another 10 bloggers, again with less than 200 followers, and give them another 10 questions. Seems pretty awesome to me! Here are my answers to Danielle’s questions:
Week two has finally met its end! I haven’t had trouble figuring out what to wear yet, but I’m thinking it’s going to get a bit challenging soon…
As a reminder, I pledged to wear something handmade every weekday of May, for a total of 23 days, and I’ve completed 8 days of those 23 so far. Here’s what I ended up wearing:
May 6th
Sorry for the blur! I decided to take all of my Me-Made-May photos with my iPhone…and the quality is not so spectacular on some of them.
Me Made: Butterick 5778 dress
Cardigan: Worthington
Shoes: Easy Spirit (yes, I’m old)
I am happy to report, despite some fitting challenges I encountered, that I got C’s rehearsal dinner dress done this weekend! Say it with me…HUZZAH!
Butterick 5030, view C, with view E sash
I’m quite happy with how it turned out, and C said it was exactly what she was looking for and that she loves it. :) Big sigh of relief! Plus, that weird part that was pulling in the muslin? It’s not completely gone, but the sash really masks it, and it doesn’t seem nearly as noticeable to me in the final product. Thank goodness for prints, right? :)
Well, folks, I made it through my first (3 day) week of Me-Made-May! I pledged to wear something handmade every weekday of May, for a total of 23 days, and here’s what I ended up wearing:
May 1st:
Me made: hot pink jersey skirt
T shirt: Mossimo Boyfriend T
Hoodie: Colorado Clothing
It was in the upper 60s, so I ended up wearing this shockingly hot pink jersey skirt that I knocked off from an Old Navy foldover waist skirt that I have. I made it years ago for a friend’s bachelorette party that had a black and pink dress code. ;)
Howdy! I’m Jess, a 30-something midwesterner who loves ice cream, martinis, and makin’ things. When I’m not sewing, knitting, or learning some new craft, I’m reading, spending time with the boy, or plotting my next project.
