Week 1 of Me Made May has actually been tricky. I was travelling all over Aus meeting people. I am really enjoying wearing my made stuff though. Gives a little more spring to my step. Monday: 5am up for Sydney to Perth. Overnight in Perth. Tuesday: 3am up in Perth to Melbourne for lunch. Then 8pm flight out of Melbourne to Sydney. Wednesday: 6am start to get into Sydney CBD for meetings all day. Back to office. Then a show in the CBD. Thursday: 5am start for a day trip to Queensland. Friday: Into the office for a few hours, then into Sydney CBD for more meetings, then back to the office. Then.... sleep. It's lucky that I have started to make clothes from comfy and non-wrinkle knit fabric. That allowed me to take the me made stuff around the country. Tuesday: Handknit top with German wool bought in NZ and knit from a 1952 pattern. It was 3.30am when I took these photos. I was barely alive at that hour... Paired with the same Retrospec'd pants and a gorgeous vintage jet necklace I got for Christmas. Wednesday: Simple Enmore Cowl - pattern from Morris & Sons in York Street. It's so cosy. I love it. Thursday: A long sleeve Gable Top again, this time for travelling to QLD for a day trip. Friday: A pretty relaxed day in my New Look 6000. This pattern is becoming a fantastic go-to for me. I have made three versions of it. I have a plan for one with the collar and cuffs in white and the body in navy. Oh so sailor chic. Saturday: Wore my black ascot scarf knit. Fantastic for using up "scraps" of yarn. More like that spare skien after a project. I also cut out my Simplicity 4606. I'm using view 3 (the orange one on the top left). Sunday: Rounded out the week with my blue scarf I made years ago. It's got a vintage doily style placemat (!!) joined in to create a little interest. Hopefully, the rest of Me Made May will be a little easier to do as I'll just be at work and won't need to plan for travelling.
Hope you're enjoying Me Made May! :)
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7/5/2017 10:45:28 pm
I can't believe how much traveling you got up to in one week M! Love that you have been so productive making your own stuff - almost makes me want to pull out Nan's sewing machine and get creative! I don't know where you find the time, you sound hella busy. xxx
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M
8/5/2017 10:55:14 am
Thanks Jess! My usual system is cut out a couple of things on the weekend, then sew them bit by bit over the next few weeks: while dinner is cooking, waiting for the iron to warm up, while 'tidying' my sewing area....Sewing is tidying, right?
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11/5/2017 09:30:42 pm
Hello there! I've just been admiring all of your beautiful knitted garments - that silver t-shirt is gorgeous. The yarn you used is perfect and I think that collar is stunning. It's a great detail.
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M
11/5/2017 09:40:14 pm
Thank you so much! I'd be happy to take part. :) My email is miss.m.sparkles{at}gmail.com.
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