Me Made March Day 23

Feeling a little repetitive so going to try and make a skirt in an evening tonight from that lovely grey cord I got one the weekend. Also picked up the new Burda magazine today so may see what inspires me as still working on that self drafted top and I'm just not feeling it right now.

Here's my outfit for today, as you can see the Fizz cat gets more annoyed as the photos progress, she's not keen on being picked up but wanted a fuss while the photos were being taken so she was fair game!

Me wearing me made clothkits skirt, grey vest top and grey satin wrap top, grey tights and boots and holding the not too happy Fizz

Same outfit but Fizz is trying to escape...going

Going...gone!  Fizz and me in an action shot where she's about to launch herself out of my grip in disgust at being picked up!

Well, better stop procrastinating and get on with some sewing.  The bag for my sewing buddy only needs a few finishing touches now and it looks good even if I do say so myself!  Really happy with how it's turning out.

Hope all your projects are going well!

Me Made March Day 11

So here's something else you've seen before but with a different top.  I did have a photo taken from a colleague in work, but think she needs to put her specs on when she takes photos as it was rather blurry!  Whoops!  That'll teach me for not checking it more closely!  So here's a hasty pic of me with my cuppa as there was no way in hell I was putting my bucket of tea down before I'd finished it today as it was long awaited!

Me wearing clothkits skirt, pink cowl neck top and purple bolero taking picture in mirror sipping my bucket of tea!

I really love the pattern on this skirt and am umming and aaahhhing over whether to buy some more from clothkits as they're having a 3 for 2 thing for their birthday...but they are rather pricey and could get some similar fabric and make things myself for cheaper now I know a bit more...but still...hmmm.

Hoping to be back to sewing tomorrow as have the day to myself as J is working all day - boo hiss!  but yay!  for sewing!  I've kept a notebook with me all week drawing out rough pictures of what clothes I want to make next using what fabrics in my stash.  I've also been thinking about what fabric to use for the bag I'm making for my sewing buddy and am sooooo excited!  I keep forgetting to tell you all I have a sewing buddy as we keep nattering over email so much!  I'll tell you all more later....

Me Made March Day 2

So day two it is and still need to get sewing as will be fast running out of outfits hence why you'll only see me in one piece of hand made clothing at a time!  Here's today's outfit:

I really wanted to take a picture out in the sunshine today but I couldn't work out the self timer and the cat doesn't have opposable thumbs so I had to wait for J to come home and it was past sunshine time...boo hiss.  Anyway, I love this pattern on the skirt, if you missed it you can read about it here.

Hope you all had some lovely sunshine today, however cold or short lived it might be!

Ta daa!

Finished the skirt I had for my birthday from Clothkits...ok so I'm a little late as wanted to get it done to be able to wear it for Christmas, but hey-ho.  I'm really pleased with it and am saving wearing it for the weekend.  I cheated slightly with the lining as I didn't hem it separately, but incorporated it into the hem of the main skirt fabric.  Now, I may live to regret this but it seemed a really good idea at the time when I wanted to get it finished and it was rather late, hence the interesting ensemble I'm wearing.  I feel I should apologise for the socks, but when I went to take them off I realised I had even worse sock lines!

So, that's one more thing off the list!

I started cutting out the tunic from the Amy Butler pattern, took me nearly 3 hours...I had breaks, but wow, that took a long time!  Going to start sewing it tomorrow, as I have the day off I'm going to sew for as long as I can and see if I can finish it in a day - wish me luck!

Look what I made all by myself!

I've actually made a garment that is not only finished but *gasp* wearable!  And to prove it I wore it out before taking pictures so you can see the creases where I sat down in the car and everything! ;)

It's dark blue pin cord with lilac ric rac to add a bit of interest.

As you can see it's been worn and sat in today!  Wanted to check that it was wearable as it's a smidge too big and am deciding whether to take it in or not at the seams or to do darts and be really adventurous!  Here's proof that I even lined it as I had some pretty purple lining that I found in a John Lewis remnant bin (I love remnant bins!) and it was just the right size for this skirt.

A little post watershed I know, but wanted to show you proof that I actually lined it, I'm so proud of myself for achieving this!  This is my trial run for the Clothkits skirt I posted about earlier as I had some pattern paper I copied the skirt pattern to try it out on the pin cord.  I'd been saving the pin cord waiting to pluck up the courage to make an A line skirt with it, and even bought some in purple too but they have been languishing in my stash for weeks.  I think I'll leave the purple one for a little bit as want to get the 'proper' skirt done first now I know how simple and easy the instructions are and that I can be a little more trusting of their seam allowances.  As you can see I'm slightly larger than a size 10 and therefore distrust anything until I've tried it on as it either won't fit or won't suit me, so now I know it really is the size it says it is!  A whole new wardrobe of handmade clothes by me might be in order, I'm off to trawl for Amy Butler fabrics....ahhhhhhhh!

Presents!

It was my birthday this week and I had lots of wonderful sewing presents!  I had an Amy Butler bag sewing book, cutting board and cutting wheel and a Clothkits skirt to make!  I'm so excited I don't know where to start...I've started cutting out a bag and purse pattern and am going to start making the skirt tomorrow.  I'll try and take pictures whilst being very scared at getting something wrong!

This is what it's supposed to look like (I'm hoping at least to get it done by Christmas as I think it looks a bit Christmassy and I like to dress up for dinner on Christmas day):

Image taken from Clothkits