I just want new clothes – The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 15
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made.
It’s sort of a year long experiment in getting dressed without clothing labels.
DAY 99 – NOVEMBER 7th
Moonstruck Cardigan
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Black Flats
Princess Necklace
Various Rings
I can never quite figure out how I feel about tights with ballet flats. Some days I think they look fine and keep your legs warm. Some days I think that the combination – especially when the tights and the shoes are the same color – make my feet look oddly long… And yet, in this picture I think my feet look kind of short… I guess feet are just a little weird.
DAY 100 – NOVEMBER 8th
Deconstructed Black Sweater
Boring Black Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black Tights
Sneakers
Princess Necklace
Various Rings
It’s Day 100!!! Yay! Just 265 days to go…
I spent the day at a spindling demonstration/talk at Gauge & Tension (a popup yarn shop in Greenpoint) and would have much preferred to be wearing an easy button up over my boring black sweater – instead of the deconstructed black sweater – because it would have given me more range of arm motion.
Luckily a couple friends and I are planning on doing an Archer* Sew-A-Long starting in December. I have fabric for 2, so I’m going to jump the gun a bit, and sew one shirt before the sew-a-long starts, because I want to be wearing it now…
*Archer is the name of a basic button up shirt pattern, put out by Grainline Studios.
DAY 101 – NOVEMBER 9th
Perfect Transitional Weather Cardigan
Basic Black Tank Top
Pirate Skirt
Various Rings
It turns out that the Perfect Transitional Weather Cardigan, is also the Perfect Sit-At-Home-On-Your-Couch-Knitting-Your-Winter-Coat Cardigan.
DAY 102 – NOVEMBER 10th
Moonstruck Cardigan
Khaki Scarf
Gingham Skirt
Black Flats
Various Rings
I don’t love how this outfit looks, but it was a day of sitting at the computer writing, and these clothes were cozy & comfortable, so I went with it.
DAY 103 – NOVEMBER 11th
Moonstruck Cardigan
Boring Black Sweater
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Black Heels
I really love this sweater and skirt combination, but it was so warm I ended up taking off the Moonstruck Cardigan, and just wearing my Boring Black Sweater, which was much more boring to knit than it is to wear.
DAY 104 – NOVEMBER 12th
Boring Black Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black Flats
Long Necklace with Spinning Pendant
Bead Crochet Bracelet
Various Rings
It was 60 degrees (fahrenheit) in the middle of November. WTH?! So I went back to my default blacks, and I realized a desperately want another black maxi skirt – they’re just so easy to wear!
DAY 105 – NOVEMBER 13th
Boring Black Sweater
Blue Kimono
Winter Coat
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Grey Tights
Black Heels
I took my winter coat out for an experiment yesterday. It was chilly enough to need it, but not cold enough to be a terrible mistake.
I’m super glad to say it worked! I only wore a light sweater under it, plus my blue kimono, and I was quite warm, but I definitely want to add a front zipper, and pockets. I wore the blue kimono over the sweater and under the coat to help keep the alpaca fuzz off all my other clothes – which also worked.
The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 14 – a new sweater!
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made.
It’s sort of a year long experiment in getting dressed without clothing labels.
DAY 92 – OCTOBER 31th
Boring Black Sweater
Khaki Scarf
Black Tank Top
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black Flats
Long Necklace with Spinning Pendant
Various Rings
Halloween! I’m not a huge dressing up for Halloween person, I figure I made things for every other day of the year, and so I just can’t get myself excited about October 31st. But I did go with all black, and those shiny things on my shoes are skull beads… so we can pretend that was intentional, and not just coincidence.
DAY 93 – NOVEMBER 1st
Deconstructed Black Sweater
Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Black Shoes
Various Rings
This sweater is new, but not quite finished. I wore it all week because this week has been particularly cold and rainy, and this sweater is pretty warm (especially if I actually cover my shoulder.)
DAY 94 – NOVEMBER 2nd
Deconstructed Black Sweater
Black Tank Top
Striped Pirate Skirt
Black Flats
Various Rings
This sweater is sewn out of a nice thick, cushy, sweater knit, so it’s warm and cozy. However the exposed seams do have a tendency to shed, I’m continually sweeping up yarn pills (but that’s nothing new). The original plan was to stitch down all of the seams, but I think I want to over-lock them instead.
I must not be the only person who wears a new handmade garment multiple times in a row. I do it partly because its new(!) and I want to wear it. And partly to get a sense of how it’s going to hold up, and if there’s anything I should go back and fix/rework (like finishing the seams on this sweater.)
DAY 95 – NOVEMBER 3rd
Deconstructed Black Sweater
Boring Black Sweater
Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Sneakers
Various Rings
This sweater is acting a lot like a fall jacket would, since I didn’t have time to make a proper fall jacket. And with another sweater under it, in this case the boring black sweater, it becomes particularly cozy.
DAY 96 – NOVEMBER 4th
Colorful Knit Sweater Dress
Black Tank Top
White Underskirt
Black Tights
Black Flats
Bead Crochet Bracelet
Various Rings
I spent one of the only warm sunny day this week sitting at my desk, looking longingly out the window…
DAY 97 – NOVEMBER 5th
Boring Black Sweater
Khaki Scarf
Black Tank Top
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black Tights
Black Flats
Bead Crochet Bracelet
Various Rings
Back to black. I definitely prefer this skirt without tights, since they kind of negate the effect of the side slit. It’d probably work better with different tights in a different color.
DAY 98 – NOVEMBER 6th
Deconstructed Black Sweater
Jade Cropped Sweater
Black Tank Top
Cascading Flowers Skirt
Black Flats
(I actually turned around at my front door and changed into boots.)
Various Rings
The Jade Sweater was one of the first things I made for this project, but haven’t worn until now because of a dropped stitch that needed fixing.
This was the perfect day for staying inside with tea. But I didn’t. It was also the kind of day that turns you around at the front door to change into boots. Cold, rainy, and grey. Perfect for brightening up with some flowers. I’m never quite sure how I feel about wearing a skirt with flowers in the middle of fall, but I think for this particular day it worked.
Also! We’re almost at day 100 of the self-made wardrobe project!!!
The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 13
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made.
It’s sort of a year long experiment in getting dressed without clothing labels.
DAY 85 – OCTOBER 24th
Moonstruck Sweater
Black Tank Top
Cascading Flowers Skirt
Black Flats
Bicycle Clock Necklace
Various Rings
It feels like, I haven’t worn this skirt in awhile, which is funny because I wore it almost non stop throughout August.
DAY 86 – OCTOBER 25th
Versio Sweater
Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Sneakers
Clock Necklace
Various Rings
Not sure how I feel about this sweater with this skirt, some days I really like them together, and some days I feel like they just don’t quite work. I also think I prefer it with not so heavy a necklace.
DAY 87 – OCTOBER 26th
Boring Black Sweater
Black Tank Top
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black Flats
Bead Crochet Necklace
Various Rings
Back to all black, and I love it! I really do love wearing this sweater, even with it’s shrinking sleeves, and with it being a boring nightmare to knit.
DAY 88 – OCTOBER 27th
Moonstruck Sweater
Black Tank Top
Gingham Skirt
Sneakers
Various Rings
Eh. Not loving it at all. I mostly wanted to see if the skirt worked with sneakers – which it does – and threw the sweater on because I was cold. I would have liked it much better with my boring black sweater.
DAY 89 – OCTOBER 28th
Moonstruck Sweater
Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Flats
Bicycle Clock Necklace
Various Rings
I’m the probably the only one to notice/be able to see/know that my necklace is on backwards in this shot.
DAY 90 – OCTOBER 29th
Boring Black Sweater
Black Tank Top
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Khaki Scarf
Black Flats
Various Rings
More all black! Yay! Before this project top to bottom black was definitely one of my getting dressed defaults. And while I am glad to bring color into my wardrobe, I do miss the ease of throwing black on.
DAY 91 – OCTOBER 30th
Perfect Transitional Sweater
Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Sneakers
Clock Necklace
Various Rings
I’m starting to crave new clothes again. Long skirts, cozy button ups, easy slouchy sweaters. I have a couple button up shirt sewing projects planned, a sewn sweater in the works, I’m scheming about another easy, long black skirt, and am wanting to get back to my jeans. First though, I’m concentrating on my winter coat…
