WELL. Let's make this Monday better than last Monday, shall we? Same day, better breeze!
As many of us are, I'm playing along with me-made-may, but I'm letting my wolf form #standinselfie for me over on
Instagram. It's a very Cher approach, I highly recommend it. What strikes me this time around is that I'm pulling more things out of the closet, and not relying on six or seven staple dresses. A little less obsessed with making the outfit ONE HUNDRED PERCENT STITCHED, and a little more comfortable with throwing some RTW in the mix.
A friend of mine raised her eyebrows at the notion that sewists would exclusively wear handmade garments.
That's like a chef only eating food he cooked. Even Batali goes to McDonald's sometimes.
Does Batali really slum it like that? Probably not, but I guess when I'm "eating out" I'm FULL ON GOING TO MICKEY D'S. That would be H&M, TJ Maxx, and Rue 21, all three of which contributed tops for this first week of our little game. A trifecta of fast fashion! This is undoubtedly contrary to our me-made-mistress,
Zo's philosophy on clothing. But, it makes me happy to sew the things I want to sew, and it makes my wallet happy to buy a few fillers without breaking the bank. I suppose I have a very Penn & Teller outlook on it. Their episode of "Bullshit!" on recycling had me yelling at the TV, on both sides of the argument.
And really, how does one resist a t-shirt that infuses
THUG LIFE with a floral print?
I digress.
Last week was all about the sewing community on my bod. YEAH GET ON MY BOD SEWING FRIENDS! Numeros 1, 2, 4 and 5 were all made possible by the neverending generosity of the sewing blogisphere. (Why do we say blog-
o-sphere? It's hem-
i-sphere, so... anyway. Also, a made up word. So.) We've got fabric from 1.
Little Green Orchids, Burdastyle
Laura dress, 2. Vogue wrap dress in Etro jersey from a giveaway during the PR LBD Party at
Elliot Berman, 4. A refashioned maxi dress from
Cynical Carnivale, and 5. Vintage rayon from
Lladybird for
Christine Hayne's Derby dress (my favorite First Warm Day dress!). SEWING FRIENDS ARE THE BEST FRIENDS. Numeros 3 & 6 are fabrics from my beloved janky store, may it live forever. And yes, you might spy my
medallion of power on its new home, a denim vest from TJ Maxx. My back is SUPER warm, like my own little sun. The only blogged item here is Sewaholic's
Gabriola skirt! Hey New York, can you port into another universe for like 15 minutes a day so I can get some uninterrupted pictures of things? THANKS!
I'm off into the wild of the concrete jungle, in another me made that I am CHOMPING AT THE BIT to show you... 'til then, happiest of mondays, peeps!