and this means sewing with my buddies at The Remnant Warehouse at Alexandria as part of the Australian Sewing Guild.

Here I am at the front of the store, you can see the Patchwork sign on the window but they have the most gorgeous range of fabrics inside for all tastes.

Top: Sewaholic Alma Blouse in tangerine fabric (blogged here)
Skirt: Rachel Comey Skirt Vogue 1247 in brown denim (blogged here)
Accessory: Me-made crocheted necklace (blogged here) and me-made earrings.
Hosiery/Nylons:Voodoo Celestial
Shoes/Boots:  Wittner Tan Leather Kittens

Sewing was done and I will share soon.

Just like previous Me-Made months, every Friday during the month there is a challenge and this Friday it is water.

The challenges for the remainder of the Friday’s are still being discussed, and I just hope one of them isn’t one of the suggestion of “upside down”!

The basis of the challenges is to bring some fun to sometimes a very monotonous daily routine of taking our photos.

The dirty water behind me is the river at the end of my street, not that glamorous but looks impressive after a lot of rain!

Top: Vogue 8572 in a blue/brown/cream silk (blogged here)
Skirt: Vogue 7937 in navy linen (blogged here)
Cardigan: Simplicity 2603 in brown mercury jersey (blogged here)
Accessory: Purchased necklace and earrings.
Hosiery/Nylons:Voodoo Celestial
Shoes:  Navy Circa Joan & David Luxe
 

for the 2nd day of May, so this is my outfit for today.

Top: Jalie 2566 in an animal print sweater knit (blogged here)
Skirt: Vogue 7937 in black wool (blogged here)
Cardigan: Jalie 2566 in the same animal print sweater knit (blogged here)
Accessory: Purchased pearl necklace and earrings.
Hosiery/Nylons:Voodoo Night Shade
Shoes:  Black Joan & David Callalily Pumps

The handbag I showed you yesterday is my everyday handbag so it gets worn every day

Oh goody, I have time to pop back into my sewing room for 10 minutes before I have to leave for work – perfect!

and there are 265 people who have committed to participating this time around, that is a record number and it will be so interesting to see them all proudly wearing their Me-Made creations.

Today was such a glorious autumn day and here I am ready to head out the door to work.

Top: Vogue 8572 in orange self patterned linen (blogged here)
Skirt:  Vogue 7937 in dark brown wool crepe pre-blog.
Accessory:  Me-made leather handbag (blogged here), me-made necklace and purchased earrings.
Hosiery/Nylons: Voodoo Celestial
Shoes:  Joan & David Callalily Pumps.

“I, Sharon of Petite and Sewing sign up as a participant to Me-Made-May’13.  I endeavour to wear only me made garments (not including lingerie) for the duration of May 2013.”

I have a lot of fun trying out new outfit combinations during the Me Made months, so for this challenge I am not going to let any RTW garments creep in, as I think I now have enough layers to keep me warm!

and I’m still enjoying them.

This year there were an amazing 185 members signed up for Me Made May 2012 and a lot of them were new to the whole experience.

I really enjoyed having Maria join the group this month, even though we are good buddies, we don’t see what each other wears during the working week, and she had some fantastic outfits to show.

Maria and I organised to meet up with Janelle from Sew hopefull and Michele from My Own Inspiration at Pitt Trading during the month and introduce them to our favourite fabric shops.

I did manage to be true to my pledge to “wear at least two me made pieces for the duration of May 2012” and the only times I felt I was cheating slightly was when I wore a dress and the 2nd item was Me-Made jewellery.

Wrap-up

•  I was surprised that I had enough Me-Made clothes in my wardrobe that some items didn’t even get a look in for the month.
• One of the major holes I found was that I need cardigans for this time of year. My jackets are too warm at present and the two Simplicity 2603 cardigans got quite a work out.  I even succumbed to purchasing 2 cardigans. 
• My SWAP garments helped fill out my wardrobe considerably and the only item from that group that didn’t get worn were the shorts, I can’t quite see me wearing them with tights. 

You can all breathe a sigh of relief, no more Me-Made months are being officially organised this year, but next year will be interesting to see how up the ante for that one!

Here’s how the month looked:

Will be back soon, as I have some goodies to show you.

and the group has decided to thank Zoe for organising these groups by holding a thank you sign, taking our photo in front of a red door and/or wearing a garment that is a tribute to Zoe’s style, so

Top:  Kwik.Sew 3740 without the cowl and the neckline raised in a green/navy striped knit fabric previously worn on day 13.
Skirt:  Vogue 7937 in navy linen previously worn on day 14.
Vest: Jalie 3129 Vest in navy linen previously worn on day 14
Accessory: Me-made earrings and necklace of Byzantine sections with pearls added in green tones.
Hosiery/Nylons: Black tights.
Boots: Nine West black boots.

I’ve had a lot of fun this month and will post a wrap up soon.

for MMM’12 and today was a beautiful crisp Autumn day.

Today I am wearing a skirt that was made by a very good sewing buddy, Sandra or Dilliander if you visit Pattern Review.  After making this skirt Sandra decided she didn’t really wear skirts that much any more and since we are very similar in size and like the same colours, Sandra gifted this to me, together with the pattern, how lucky am I!!

Top:  Vogue 8572 Blue/gold/brown silk blouse previously worn on day 10.
Skirt: Beignet Skirt made by Sandra and gifted to me.
Cardigan: Simplicity 2603 using brown Mercury Jersey previously worn on days 3, 9, 11 and 25. 
Accessory: Purchased belt, earrings and necklace.
Tights:  Brown tights.
Boots: Nine West brown boots.

 

and it has certainly flown by.

It is a grey day here today and thankfully the rain showers held off so I could get my photo this morning.
 

Top:  BWOF 02-2009-108 knit with bateau neckline in coffee Mercury Jersey previously worn on days 4 & 12.
Trousers: Vogue 9537 in a black medium weight wool previously worn on Days 8, 16 & 24.
Vest: Purchased grey knitted vest.
Accessory:  Purchased earrings and me-made spiral bead and netting stitch necklace.
Tights: Black tights.
Boots:  Nine West black boots.

The start of a working week and the boss flew in this morning so not sure if I will see him or not and of course I don’t have trousers to wear again, really need to get some more made.

Dress: Simplicity 2648 in navy linen with pickstitching details (blogged here)
Cardigan: Purchased navy cardigan.
Accessory: Me-made crocheted necklace and me-made earrings.
Jacket: Minoru jacket previously worn on days 13 and 14.
Tights:  Brown tights.
Boots: Nine West brown boots.