The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 4
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made, for one year.
You can read more about the project here.
It’s the end of Week 4 of The Self-Made Wardrobe, and on Sunday it’ll be the true end of Month 1.
1 month down, just 11 months to go…
Fall is definitely in the air, and I’m both excited and petrified.
Last weekend (Days 22 & 23) I went up to my parent’s house, they live up in New England, and it was chilly. Just in case I needed a reminder to sit my ass at that sewing machine.
I wore the jersey dress I mentioned in last week’s post, and loved it. It was wonderfully comfortable for the train ride up and back. Plus I got tons of complements on it – and who doesn’t love that.
The days are still beautiful, and I can (obviously) still wear my summer uniform of skirts & tank tops, but one morning it’ll be fall, and there will be no going back.
Thankfully the sweater I’m working on is gaining sleeves quite quickly.
I have one or two more skirts planned, and then I really must put a moratorium on making skirts, because this is getting ridiculous.
Onwards to fall!
See you in September.
(eep!)
The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 3
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made, for one year.
You can read more about the project here.
It’s the end of Week 3 of the Self-Made Wardrobe Project, and almost the end of August (which means it’s almost fall – eep!)
Luckily the weather is still warm, but a couple chilly mornings have definitely turbo fueled my sweater knitting. (The body of my sweater is done – yay!)
And I’m starting to think ahead towards cushy cozy sweaters, skirts with tights, and my fall through winter staple – jeans…
My current plan is to finish the sweater I’m working on, whip out some more tank tops, maybe make another skirt or two, and then turn my attention to making some jeans. That way I can focus on making jeans, without worrying about having nothing to wear.
Yesterday, I whipped up the world’s simplest cardigan, and a no sew jersey dress, that I can’t wait to wear and show off.
Unfortunately I’m still trying to work out how to get good, clear, interesting, photos of the garments themselves. I have worked out how to take some horrendous photos, but good ones are proving trickier.
Since a pile of books will only take you so far, and taking photos of yourself isn’t the easiest thing, I suspect I’m going to need a proper tripod for this. I am working on it…
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The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 2
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made, for one year.
You can read more about the project here.
And see past updates here.
I’m trying a different room plus a different photo set up, and liking the results much better than last week’s.
Unfortunately this specific set up means I can’t take photos of myself standing up, but it’s easy to use, fast to set up, and something I can live with.
I’m going to get a reflector so I can look to my left without my whole face being in shadow, but other than that I’m more or less happy.
That being said, you can’t see the clothes to their best advantage, so I’ll be taking photos where you can see the garments and posting those separately.
I’m also working away furiously on the sweater I posted about Tuesday, which is a very, very good thing. The mornings here are starting to get a little crisp. I’m also going to try to pick up fabric for some over-shirts and maybe a jacket soon.
I posted a list of the basic categories all of my clothing fit into yesterday, and since I’m ok on skirts (at least for awhile) I’m going to try and shift my focus to cranking out some more tank tops (since I now have a basic tank pattern that I love), and sewing up some over-shirts & jackets.
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