The last few days of May, where has the month gone and Sydney has had its warmest Autumn in 150 years or since records began.

Thursday – 29 May

Top: Kwik.Sew 3740 in brown/coffee/cream knit, previously worn on days 7 and 19
Skirt: McCall’s 7244 in grey wool flannel, previously worn on day 5
Accessory: Purchased necklace and earrings
Hosiery:  Voodoo Nightshade
Shoes: Circa Joan & David Black Calalilly pumps

Friday – 30 May

The final photo theme this year is “Your Stash of Fabric” so here I am in front of my main fabric stash hehe!

Dress: McCall’s 5433 in orange linen, previously worn on day 2
Cardigan: Simplicity 2603 in brown mercury jersey, previously worn on day 8
Accessory: Purchased necklace and earrings
Hosiery: Voodoo Celestial 
Shoes: Circa Joan & David Brown Calalilly pumps

Saturday – 31 May

Today I am attending a Regional Day sewing with the Australian Sewing Guild making Quillows.

Photo by Deborah

Top: Kwik.Sew 3740 in chartreuse/grey/navy, previously worn on days 5 and 20
Jeans:  Jalie 2908 blue denim jeans, previously worn on days 9 and 17
Vest: Shona knitted vest in chartreuse, previously worn on day 17
Accessory: Purchased necklace and earrings
Hosiery: Voodoo Nightshade 
Shoes: Black loafers

Here are the two quillows I made, I don’t think my crazy patchwork skills are quite up to scratch.

Wrap-up

This year threw some new challenges, unusually warm weather for the majority of the month and it highlighted my need for cardigans as the mornings and evenings were cool, but during the middle of the day short sleeves were quite possible. I did cut out a cardigan for our sewing weekend, but first I need to finish the skirt and dress that I started on the weekend which are pretty close to being finished.

It did get very hard this week not to repeat an outfit and I keep saying I need more tops, so why do I sew so many skirts!

I have survived the first week of May even with the weather getting quite cold very quickly.

Friday 2 May

Dress: McCalls 5433 Shirt lengthened into a Shirtmaker in orange linen (blogged here)
Accessory: Purchased silk scarf, necklace and earrings.
Tights: Voodoo Celestial
Shoes: Tahari Melanie shoes

Saturday 3 May – this is one of my Australian Sewing Guild Days and the forecast is for 16c but the wind chill factor is forecast for 10c

Photo by Alison

Top: KwikSew 3740 in white/toffee/brown knit (blogged here)
Jeans:  Jalie 2908 in white denim (blogged here)
Accessory: Purchased gold band choker with burgundy stone drop pendant and purchased earrings.
Tights: Voodoo Celestial
Shoes: Taupe flats

Sunday 4 May – a day at home

Top: Butterick 3344 in a multi striped knit (blogged here)
Jeans:  Vogue 9537 modified to jeans in black denim (blogged here)
Shoes: Puma sneakers

Monday 5 May – back to work!

Top:  Kwik.Sew 3740 with neckline raised in chartruese/grey/navy knit (blogged here)
Skirt: McCalls 7244 in grey wool flannel, made pre blog
Accessory: Me Made necklace (blogged here) and purchased earrings
Tights: Black tights
Shoes: Black Joan & David Callalily Pumps

Tuesday 6 May

It is that time of year again, when a large number of people across the world are all proudly wear our hand-made clothes.  My pledge is no different to last year as I know my month is going to very busy and taking on any new challenges would not be a good idea.

I, Sharon of Petite and Sewing sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May ’14. I will wear handmade clothing (excluding lingerie) every day for the duration of May 2014.

This morning there was a definite chill in the air.

Top: Vogue 8752 (OOP) in Off White Damask (blogged here)
Skirt: Self Drafted Skirt in brown linen, underlined in Sunsilky (to help stop the wrinkles) and lined in Sunsilky.
Cardigan: Jalie 2566 in a mixture of knits (blogged here)
Accessory: Me made necklace (blogged here) and purchased earrings
Tights:  Voodoo Celestial
Boots:  Brown Joan & David Callalily Pumps

This year I am not going to upload my garments every day, probably once a week to try and give myself more time to sew!

So last Friday was the last day of MMM ’13 and the theme for our photo was “red”.

As soon as I saw this I just knew where I wanted my photo to be!

The owner of this house is painting this wonderful scene on the side of their home and every day when I see it I smile, I just love the cuteness of these characters and if anyone can tell me if they have an origin I would appreciate it.

Thank you Jonathon for the photo!

I am wearing:

Top: Kwik.Sew 3740 cowl neck top in white/toffee/red/brown knit, previously worn on day 5.
Skirt: Burda 04-2009-101 in burgundy corduroy made in May 2012.
Accessory: Purchased gold band choker with burgundy stone drop pendant and me-made earrings.
Tights: Black tights.
Boots:  Betts black boots.

I have a confession to make, the photo below was taken earlier in the month when it was warmer and a lot less traffic (this is on a very busy road during peak hour) and I was feeling a bit self conscious when DH took this photo in the middle of the day, however it shows you more of the wall.

Wrap-up

You can all breath a sigh of relief, Me Made May has now finished!

There were an amazing 412 members all with varying degrees of commitment to how much Me Made they would wear a day or week.  There are quite a few patterns I now want to try!

It got a bit difficult as the weather cooled, but I did manage to stick to my pledge of “only wearing me made items” but this did cause quite a few repeats for skirts and tops however I did manage not to repeat an outfit which I was very pleased about.

So what did I learn this time around:

• Again like last year cardigans are what I was missing, particularly a navy one!
• I tried some different colour combinations and was very pleased with the looks, now I need to continue experimenting and not to fall into the comfortable.
• For the first time in my sewing life, my casual wardrobe is much larger than my work wardrobe as I have to replace some pants (you have seen the muslin’s) and skirts which I didn’t get around to doing before May started.

for MMM’13 and walking Roscoe this morning at 6am was quite eerie as the fog seemed a lot thicker this morning but had lifted by the time I took my photo.

Top: Kwik.Sew knit top in coffee/grey/cream previously worn on days 11 and 20.
Skirt: McCall’s 7244 in grey wool flannel, previously worn on days 4 and 22.
Accessory: Purchased gold band choker with glass cream/brown/gold fleck disc and purchased earrings.
Tights: Black tights
Boots:  Nine West black boots

So tomorrow is the last day of MMM and a Friday so our theme for tomorrow is “red”.

for Me Made May, where has the month gone.

Sydney is having San Francisco type weather, thick fog yesterday and today and they are saying we still might see some for the remainder of the week.

I was running late for work this morning so I packed the camera and tripod and took this photo at work.  This is one of the amazing pieces of  pottery that is on the property.

Top: BWOF boat neck top in coffee mercury jersey, previously worn on day 10.
Skirt:  Self drafted skirt in brown suede/poly spandex fabric previously worn on days 7, 15 and 23.
Cardigan: Jalie 2566 in a mixture of knits, previously worn on days 8 and 25.
Accessory: Me made crocheted necklace and me made earrings.
Tights: Brown Tights
Boots:  Nine West brown boots.

Yesterday went like a blink, we had meetings yesterday and by the time I got home I was shattered.

Dress: The Selfish Seamstress’s Audrey Dress in brown linen (blogged here)
Jacket: Vogue 7975 in brown and blue tweed (blogged here)
Accessory: Purchased pearl necklace, brooch and earrings.
Tights: Brown tights.
Boots:  Nine West brown boots.