Day 29: No Photos, a day in DIY clothes tiling the new downstairs shower room which will hopefully be finished so I can take some pics and write about it!
Jeans: Sainsburys via my Mum - legs taken in.
Culottes - made last year, can't find a blog post about them...
Culottes - Tania Culottes still to be blogged!
So, I managed to wear me made almost every day without difficulty. I did wear a few items of M&S clothes that I bought ages ago that are not particularly ethical but the rest of the time the clothes were from ethical companies (Seasalt and People Tree) or secondhand, sometimes both!
I have realised a few things:
- My wardrobe is boring. I wear too much blue and not enough pattern.
- My Mum uniform of jeans and a t-shirt is too casual. I like to look smartish so this month have made an effort to dress more smartly on most days and it feels good doing it!
- I have lost almost a stone in the last four months and now some of my clothes make me look huge, they either need taken in or have to go. Although, I have a stone to go so I should probably wait until the end of summer before I alter too much!
- I have always had a stash of acquired fabric so use what I have for projects which means that often patterns are made in the wrong fabric, the Josephine is a classic example of how awful a pattern can look in the wrong fabric. I am almost through my usable sizes of stash fabric though so from now on I will buy fabric to suit the pattern. This gets expensive when you only buy organic and fairtrade though, I think this site will be getting a lot more business from me in the near future!
- I need a good trouser / jeans pattern, this is my quest for the summer, so I can banish all the ill fitting jeans I own!
This month has really spurred me on to get sewing, I have made a pair of kids shorts, 3 tops, a pair of culottes and a circle skirt this month (all will be blogged soon). Hopefully the items for me will fill gaps in my wardrobe and liven it up a little!
Sorry, I know I haven't commented but I have been following your posts. Sounds like MMM has been really useful for you. And well done on the weight loss. That's amazing, and a good excuse to *have* to buy more fabric!
ReplyDeleteYou have done so well to keep up with this all month! Congratulations! Sounds like it has been a really useful exercise for you too.
ReplyDeleteDon't wait for the next stone to be lost before you make yourself something lovely though, reward yourself by making something that you couldn't / wouldn't have worn before! You deserve it!
I am so impressed that you were able to do this! Especially at this point in pregnancy I would have lots of repeat outfits in a month!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing up MMM! I loooove your culottes, what a gorgeous fabric :)
ReplyDeletewell done! I am determined to have enough to do it next year!
ReplyDeleteI bet you will have enough as well!
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