Sunday 19 May 2013

MMM - Days 13-19

So we are now more than halfway through me-made-May! How are you all going?  I am on, but sorry starting to repeat now, so sorry if this is boring, I will put up new outfits separately so you can skip these if you are tired of the same clothes. Travelling severely limits the variety unfortunately, and the weather has not been as warm as I hoped, limiting me even more.

I have realised I need to make the following:
- capris
- a couple more skirts, and a better Kelly skirt, perhaps in denim
- a Minoru would make a great travel jacket if I can find the right fabric

So, on to what I wore:

Day 12
Touring in south Tennessee, such pretty country, I just love it down there!
Lorna Suzanne cardi and Old Navy jeans.

MMM'13 - Day 12

Day 13
Off to the Jack Daniels Distillery and more driving through the countryside, I wore my Sew for Victory dress, I love it, but seemed to be the only one wearing a dress in the area. It seemed like jeans were the uniform!

MMM'13 - Day 13

Day 14
Finally a warm day and I got to take a sundress out of my suitcase!  This is my Hazel dress blogged here.

MMM '13 - Day 14

Day 15 &16
Ok, I did wear me made on these days, but we arrived in San Francisco on the 15th and both the 15th and 16th were so cold that I had to layer so much that all me made was buried! This is how I looked for two whole days, cannot believe the wind in San Fran, it just rips through your clothes, but the locals seemed to think it was warm!

MMM '13 - Day 15 & 16

Day 17
Once out of the wind it was a pretty nice day. This photo taken out front of the "painted ladies" in San Francisco, I am wearing my BurdaStyle skirt and Papercut Coppelia cardi (to be blogged soon).

MMM '13 - Day 17

Day 18
Now on the drive from San Francisco to Monterey, such gorgeous scenery. Wearing the same outfit as day 12. Lorna Suzanne cardi and Old Navy jeans.

MMM '13 - Day 18

Day 19
Yay kinda warm today, so I am wearing my Colette Sorbetto and Mango jeans.

MMM '13 - Day 19

Whew! That's quite a catch-up, hopefully as we head further south I will be able to wear some different clothes to make it more interesting.


Monday 13 May 2013

MMM - Days 6-10

So far Me Made May is going well but I am definitely learning my wardrobe shortcomings and where I need to focus going forward.

MMM is also really good for getting me to blog some of the items I haven't previously blogged as I didn't feel they deserved their own posts.

So, onto what I wore and some things I have learnt so far:

Day 6

MMM'13 - Day 6

Skirt - Kelly skirt 
Top - Coppelia Cardi by Papercut, to be blogged soon 

From prolonged wear, I have realised this skirt is still too big around the waist and I really should have used a stiffer interfacing to stop the waistband stretching further. I have already altered this once and am not super keen to pick it apart again...hmmm hot wash perhaps?? BTW - the picture is taken at our gorgeous B&B we stayed at in Kentucky, a historical mansion. 

Day 7


MMM'13 - Day 7 

My Lorna Suzanne cardi blogged here.
I love this cardi, although the collar means I can't wear it with any of my Banksia tops as collar on collar looks weird. The three quarter sleeve also limits wearability. I still love the pattern though.
Psst...check out the brekky, yum-o, this is what we got served in the morning at the B&B!
Day 8
MMM'13 - Day 8
Top - Colette pattern Sorbetto Skirt - BurdaStyle Denim skirt
I love this skirt and wear it loads, it seems to go with everything and makes a nice change from jeans.
Day 9
MMM'13 - Day 9 

Skirt - Kelly skirt again from above Top - Hole-y moly Banksia
Day 10
MMM'13 - Day 10 Ok, so this day I kinda cheated! We went to Mammoth Cave on this day and the caves are really cold, so I wore long cargo pants and a thick jumper, not made by me at all, but practical and warm. I didn't pack for super cold weather and so didn't really have any much warm with me, besides what if I got my nice me-made things dirty? So we walked a lot and exhausted when I got to the hotel I changed into my Pjs which I remembered I did make! Not previously blogged as I didn't fancy posing on the internets in my jammies, but you get the idea!

Friday 10 May 2013

Finished Lorna Suzanne Cardi

Finally after ten months of knitting, I have finished! I didn't knit this exclusively, but I stopped and started so many times it took me ages. I am so happy with the end result though, it has some great details. I think if I had knitted it more constantly it would have only taken a couple of months, but I was also knitting the Emilie (not yet finished), and I made a couple of hats, gloves and a couple of scarves. My Ravelry name is Sundar if you wanna go check them out and/or friend me!

MMM'13 - Day 7

This pattern is Lorna Suzanne by Ellen Mason, knitted from the bottom up but all in one piece. I love that there are no seams to sew up at the end. I used Cascade 220 bought overseas last year. It knits up beautifully, is super comfy to wear and not scratchy at all.

The fit is true to size - I knitted a straight 38.5, my usual size and the sizing is perfect.

I learnt a few new techniques with this one, grafting (for under the arms), a better way for picking up stitches for the collar and button bands and how to block effectively.

Lorna Suzanne Cardi

The only thing I could improve for next time is my cast off of the collar, it is a little firm and I had to steam it like crazy to get the collar not to curl!

I love this new addition to my wardrobe, I hadn't worn it before as it isn't winter in Brisbane yet, but took it with me on my USA trip and the weather was perfect for it this week!

Lorna Suzanne Cardi

Now on my needles, the Emelie and the Miette. I started the Miette this week and it is progressing quite quickly so I am hoping to finish this in a lot less time than the Lorna Suzanne as my Ravelry queue is getting out of control! 

Monday 6 May 2013

MMM - Days 2-5

So rather than do a weekly roundup as I don't know where I will be or if I will have Internet access I thought I would just post whenever I can.

Day 2
2 May
Colette Sencha blouse with jeans

Day 3

MMM'13 Day 3
So this is how I look after 20 or so hours of travelling from Brisbane to Chicago - terrible! The top is my oversize top previously blogged here, it is super comfy for travelling.

Day 4

MMM'13 Day 4
Sightseeing in Chicago in yet another previously unblogged Banksia.  This MMM is really getting through my unblogged items, yay!

Day 5

MMM'13 Day 5
The "bean" sculpture in Millennium Park - very cool. Me in the same Banksia as yesterday and Burdastyle denim skirt.

Thursday 2 May 2013

MMM - Day 1

It has begun! Me Made May '13 that is.

Short and sweet, here is my previously unblogged Burda Style top with Simplicity skirt 2698.

1 May


And now the back...

1 May

Are you all off to a good start too?