Today's outfit

I'm busy finish the sewing for Stitcher's Guilds SWAP and in this minute I've just started to sew my Hvar Jacket. I also plan for Me Made May which starts on next Tuesday.

Today I wore this t-shirt in linen jersey and a thrifted skirt. We have summer warmth in Provence and it's lovely to wear my summer clothes even if I have some gaps to fill.

Last days

I've been busy during the last weeks but I've registered what I wore every day. I also joined the spring edition of 10x10 and that was fun even if I was a bit bored the 7th day or so. But I had no problem wearing my 10 garments in 10 days. You can see my different outfits with the hashtag #medeas10x10

After the 10x10 Challenge I've started to take pics of my progressive wardrobe and here are the latest days. All outfits from my Stylebook App.

This was what I wore when I travelled from Sweden to France

This Sorbetto Top is a favorite and I want to sew a couple more of that pattern

This is another favorite outfit

My linen cardigan is out from my wardrobe when the temperature is over 20 degrees Celsius

What I clearly can see is that I mostly wear navyblue garments. And I love it. I think my style is a little bit too casual for my taste but I will sew more blouses and dresses to fill the gap. I can soon go to parties where I'm supposed to wear something nicer.

I've missed to fill in my list of which clothes I wore but it's not important. The most important thing for me is to see and feel which clothes makes me most comfortable and happy. And what holes to fill in when I plan my sewing.

I wear what I sew

Today it's the 18th day of my progressive capsule challenge. I try to use all the garments which is hanging in my wardrobe, just to see how I like all of them. There are a few that I think will move on, but I like most of them. 

A couple of days ago I wore my newly sewn Granville Shirt and I really liked it. I've lost some weight and a couple of sizes so this was my first one in the new size and I think it's close to perfect. Maybe I'll make the sleeves a little bit longer next time.

I've also updated my Stylebook App with my new garments. I took new photos of old garments to get them better. Last time I took photos I just hanged the garments on a hanger but now I used my dressmaking mannequin and the pictures get som much nicer.

To this day I've wore these garments:

Tops:
- Navyblue Tank Top, Ottobre Magazine (1) (replace!)
- Red tank top, wool rib (1)
- Beige Portrait Blouse, Gertie's first book (1)
- SimoneTop, wool interlock in teal (2)
- SimoneTop, wool interlock in navyblue (2)
- Blouse, New Look 6621 (1)
- Navyblue Tee, Knipmode (1) (replace!)
- NoaNoa Tee with long arms (1) (rtw)
- Onyx Shirt, Paprika Patterns (2)
- Sorbetto Top, Colette Patterns (1)
- Granville Shirt, Sewaholic Patterns (1)
- NoaNoa Blouse (1)

Bottoms:
- Pencil Skirt, denim, Ottobre (7)
- Kristy Pencil Skirt, navyblue, LMV (1)
- Kristy Pencil Skirt, black/darkblue patterned, LMV (1)
- Kristy Pencil Skirt, red, LMV (2)
- GingerJeans (2)
- Kristy Pencil Skirt, black, LMV (1)
- Stretch Twill Pencil Skirt, dark blue (1)

Dresses:
- Black Dress, Jurk van Janice Knipmode 10-2017 (1)

Knitted garments:
- Beeline Sweater (1)
- Slanted Sleeven Cardigan (2)
- DarkPearlCardigan (2)

Outerwear/Overs:
- Quart Coat, Pauline and Alice (2)
- Longline Cardigan, Knipmode (3)
- Plum Down Jacket (doudoune) (1)
- Beige Short Jacket, Knipmode (1)
- Gray Jersey Jacket, (RTW) (1)
- black knit cardigan with draped fronts (RTW) (1)
- Coppélia Cardigan, Papercut Patterns (1)
- Light beige knit Cardigan, Indiska (RTW) (1)

Shoes:
- Black ankle boots (8)
- Navyblue Chelsea Boots (4)
- Navyblue Ballerinas (2)
- Nude Ballerinas (1)
- Bordeaux leather Boots, Tamaris (2)

Pattern Review Wardrobe Contest

I've sewn a mini wardrobe for Pattern Review's Wardrobe Contest and the voting has begun. Please vote for my wardrobe. 

I needed a new wardrobe, mostly because I lost some weigth, and these garment's are perfect both for working at home and go out with friends

 I want a classic style but also love to use some print to light it up. This Liberty Fabric is one of my favourites.

 I think these six garment's will make me feel great during spring and I'll have something to wear for every occasion.

 The dark blue tee is sewn of a wool knit and is lovely to wear when it's a little bit chilly.

I haven't worn jeans or pants since 2011 but I will try again and see if I like it. I have fabric for another pair but maybe I'll wait until autumn because in summer there is no use for jeans in Provence, where I live. 

Please go to the voting site and vote for my wardrobe!

Soon it will be Spring

I know I said that you will only see the pictures of what I wear at Instagram, but one can change, right? =D

Now I've started to use my garments another time. That's how it will be if I want a small wardrobe. So the only "New" garments today is the jacket and the scarf. Underneath I have my grassgreen Slanted Sleeven and the darkblue Simone Top.

Tops:
- Navyblue Tank Top, Ottobre Magazine (1) (replace!)
- Red tank top, wool rib (1)
- Beige Portrait Blouse, Gertie's first book (1)
- SimoneTop, wool interlock in teal (2)
- SimoneTop, wool interlock in navyblue (2)
- Blouse, New Look 6621 (1)
- Navyblue Tee, Knipmode (1) (replace!)

Bottoms:
- Pencil Skirt, Ottobre (4)
- Kristy Pencil Skirt, navyblue, LMV (1)
- Kristy Pencil Skirt, black/darkblue patterned, LMV (1)
- Kristy Pencil Skirt, red, LMV (1)
- GingerJeans (2)

Dresses:
- Black Dress, Jurk van Janice Knipmode 10-2017 (1)

Knitted garments:
- Beeline Sweater (1)
- Slanted Sleeven Cardigan (2)
- DarkPearlCardigan (1)

Outerwear/Overs:
- Quart Coat, Pauline and Alice (2)
- Longline Cardigan, Knipmode (3)
- Plum Down Jacket (doudoune) (1)
- Beige Short Jacket, Knipmode (1)
- Gray Jersey Jacket, (RTW) (1)

Shoes:
- Black ankle boots (6)
- Navyblue Chelsea Boots (1)
- Navyblue Ballerinas (1)

Another day

I do wear a lot navyblue clothes. But I've never worn blue clothes, more than jeans, until a couple of years ago when I decided to just try. And now it's one of my favorite colors.

Navyblue day

Today I wore three newly sewn garments. The t-shirt is a Simone Top from the swedish designer Jenny Hellström's first book. The longline cardigan is from the dutch sewing magazine Knipmode and the skirt is a favorite from the finnish sewing magazine Ottobre Design.

Tops:
- Navyblue Tank Top, Ottobre Magazine (1)
- Red tank top, wool rib (1)
- Beige Portrait Blouse, Gertie's first book (1)
- SimoneTop, wool interlock in teal (2)
- SimoneTop, wool interlock in navyblue (1)

Bottoms:
- Pencil Skirt, Ottobre (3)
- Kristy Pencil Skirt, navyblue, LMV (1)
- Kristy Pencil Skirt, black/darkblue patterned, LMV (1)
- GingerJeans (1)

Knitted garments:
- Beeline Sweater (1)
- Slanted Sleeven Cardigan (1)
- DarkPearlCardigan (1)

Outerwear/Overs:
- Quart Coat, Pauline and Alice (2)
- Longline Cardigan, Knipmode (2)

Shoes:
- Black ankle boots (4)
- Navyblue Chelsea Boots (1)
- Navyblue Ballerinas (1)

What I really wear

I've started to register what I wear after I found the #ProgressiveCapsule at Sustainable Fashion Chat on Instagram and I'll try this for at least 30 days. You'll find me at @medeasgarderob

Here's my #progressivecapsule list for my first five days. I'm putting a number behind each item which represents how many times I've worn it. All garments are #memade, otherwise there is a note.


Tops:
- Navyblue Tank Top, Ottobre Magazine (1)
- Red tank top, wool rib (1)
- Beige Portrait Blouse, Gertie's first book (1)
- SimoneTop, wool interlock in teal (2)

Bottoms:
- Pencil Skirt, Ottobre (2)
- Kristy Pencil Skirt, navyblue, LMV (1)
- Kristy Pencil Skirt, black/darkblue patterned, LMV (1)
- GingerJeans (1)

Knitted garments:
- Beeline Sweater (1)
- Slanted Sleeven Cardigan (1)
- DarkPearlCardigan (1)

Outerwear/Overs:
- Quart Coat, Pauline and Alice (2)
- Longline Cardigan, Knipmode (1)

Shoes:
- Black ankle boots (3)
- Navyblue Chelsea Boots (1)
- Navyblue Ballerinas (1)

Day 5

No January Sewing

I haven't sewn so much for me in January but I sewn a couple of garments for my grandchildren. But now it's time to sit in front of my sewing machines and get some work done.
I've joined the #MakeNine2018 and also the Wardrobe Contest at Pattern Review. And I'll combine both the SWAP sewing for Stitcher's Guild and these two other contests.

 This is what I want to sew for my new wardrobe and then add the garments to the contest at Pattern Review.

Here's my #makenine2018 board and as you can see there are some of the same patterns and some others. I tried a t-shirt pattern, Simone Top, from Jenny Hellström and sewed one in a viscose jersey and one i wool jersey. 

Here are my big plan for Stitcher's Guild SWAP and of course there are the same garments as before and the dress that I already sewn. 

The new garment on the first picture is Ginger Jeans. I never wear jeans since 2011 but maybe I'll try that again. I love wearing skirts and dresses but I also love the look of the Ginger Jeans. So I will sew at least one pair and then see if I love to wear them. 

My Little Black Dress - Voting

Now it's time to vote for all the LBD's at Pattern Review's Contest. My dress is a dress with a wrapped part at the waist. My hope now is that you want to vote for my dress. You can find the voitng if you follow this link https://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/ContestGallery.pl?ContestID=291

At this picture you can see the wrap part. And I really like how it fits my body. I've lost some weigth the last months and I love how I look with this dress.

I often wore shorter skirts before but now I like the length just around my knees.

 The dress is just as perfect with a cardigan to work...

 ...as for an evening out.

LBD Contest Voting

First attempt of the dress

I'm a slow sewer. There are so many things to check up and even if the sewing are supposed to go quick it take "forever". But yesterday I sewed this first attempt of the dress for my SWAP. I already love it and I've cut my next and hope to sew it tonight. Let's see if that happen. =D

Lovely Pattern Collection

It's not a Black Friday Sale but a really good price för a pattern collection. I searched for the cardi pattern and found a collection with 11 patterns for the price of two where I except the cardi pattern want to try the jacket, both skirts, top and maybe one of the dresses. 

 Even if it's BurdaStyle Patterns you can buy the collection at Interweave. Here's the link.

This is the cardi I was looking for.I think that my thoughts already are in spring and summer planning.

More planning

I've planned a little more and I think it'll be good if I sew garment's in a order so I get some outfits along the way. That will make it easier to takes photos every month and not wait with all until the end of April.

I wrote down every garment on a note (on the right) and then puzzled to get some nice outfits and wrote them down on the lower left. I write my notes mostly in swedish.
I'm happy with the result this far.
This afternoon I'll finish a pencil skirt to check the pattern once again. I've lost some weight and had to draw new patterns. But I think I succeed making this skirt. I will sew both a black and a light beige pencil skirt for my SWAP later on.

SWAP 2018 rules are out

I love this time of year when the rules for the coming SWAP Contest at Stitcher's Guild comes out. I always plan for it but not finish so often. But it's really fun to plan and choose fabrics and so on.

This is my first attempt to chose fabrics from my stash. We'll see if it will be these or something else.
I want to sew a collection with clothes to wear at parties or similar events. And the base will be a sheat dress, pencil skirt and a jacket in black cotton gabardine with a little stretch.

The "rules" are:
Plan:
Choose two neutral colors
Add one accent color and two prints OR two accent colors and one print
Make at least three garments from each neutral color
Make at least one garment from each accent color
Make at least one garment from each print
Remaining two garments may be made from any one or combination of your neutrals, accent(s) and/or print(s)

Create multiple outfits of at least two garments that work for your personal style
Each garment must work with a minimum of two outfits
Optional Accessory: add one self-made accessory as a signature piece that works with at least two of  your outfits

LBD

I'm back again and this time I hope I'll come back to sewing more frequently. This time of year I always want to sew some nice blouses, dresses and skirts. And this year I'm in sort of a weight loss and I really need some new clothes.
As a part of this longing for new dresses I've entered a little black dress contest at Pattern Review and I hope to get a new LBD to use in the coming holiday's.



I'll will check my pattern magazines today and see what I can come up with. I think I have a suiting fabric but my biggest challenge will be to accessorize the outfit. I'm not used to it so that will be a challenge.

The rules for this contest:

1) Make a dress that fits the spirit of the description.

2) The color must be black. 

3) A minimum of 3 pictures are required in your review: one of the dress unadorned, one of the dress as a daytime look, and one of the dress accessorized for evening wear. You may want to include more so that you can show additional views or special details.

To establish a common base for the definition of an LBD, here is a description from Wikipedia:

A little black dress is an evening or cocktail dress, cut simply and often quite short. Fashion historians ascribe the origins of the little black dress to the 1920s designs of Coco Chanel, intended to be long-lasting, versatile, affordable, accessible to the widest market possible and in a neutral color. Its ubiquity is such that it is often simply referred to as the "LBD."

The "little black dress" is considered essential to a complete wardrobe by many women and fashion observers, who believe it a "rule of fashion" that every woman should own a simple, elegant black dress that can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion: for example, worn with a jacket and pumps for daytime business wear or with more ornate jewelry and accessories for evening. Because it is meant to be a staple of the wardrobe for a number of years, the style of the little black dress ideally should be as simple as possible: a short black dress that is too clearly part of a trend would not qualify because it would soon appear dated.

Sewing for Autumn

It's been a long time since I wrote here but there is so much going on that I haven't had time. You get more often updates if you come to my instagram place @medeasgarderob. 

As usual I want to sew a Granville Shirt. I use my sleeveless Granvilles all the time, even in winter. But I want to sew one with long arms and see if I like it. Second is a long cardigan from Knipmode that I've sewn a couple of that pattern before and like it. This will be in a brown linen knit. Maybe I have to find a brown matching fabric for a skirt or I wear it with my denim pencil skirts.

My high priority project the coming months is my navy blue coat in wool crepe. The coat is Quart Coat from Pauline Alice. She makes pattern for short people so I have to adjust before I sew, but I've sewn a dress from her and it worked. So I hope this will be beautiful.

On the lower row there are things I need and I'll see if I can find time to also sew a slip, at least one bra (Marlbourogh Bra) and some panties. If I have time I also want to sew a blouse and maybe a dress from my Laurel Dress Pattern.

Finished everything

There are ten garments sewn by me and one bought jacket. I think I will use all of them a lot. Don't miss my everyday outfits in May. It's #mmmay17 and you'll find me at @medeasgarderob

Part of my SWAP

These are garments I made recently. When I saw this picture I found out that I can use the white blouse for the Stitcher's Guild Contest instead of using a bought jacket.
These garments are from left to right:

• Pencil Skirt from Ottobre Woman a long time ago. Stretchy jeans fabric
• Cézembre Blouse in white patterned single jersey
• Red Kristy Jupe from La Maison Victor. Double Knit
• Long Cardigan from Knipmode, Sewn in wool / angora knit
• Plantain Tee in black/navy viscose jersey
• Black Kristy Skirt from LMV, Double Knit
• Long Cardigan i navy blue linen jersey and a
• Navy blue Kristy Skirt from LMV, Double Knit

Since last time...

Now it's already the end of April and Stitcher's Guild's SWAP is closing on next Sunday, the 7th May. I haven't sewn all the things I planned for but I sewn some other garments. Maybe I'll manage to finished all of them completely before Sunday.

I've started to put my garments in a sudoku board to make my outfits. Let's see how it works.

My sewing list

These are the garments I plan to sew in the near future. The dress and the black shirt is already cut and the red skirt is sewn. So maybe I'll start with these when I come home in the end of February. I really need one or two new pencil skirts in jeans fabric so these  need a high priority. And the long cardigan will be a fast project so I will cut that before the printed Granville Shirt even if I really want to wear it.
There will be a sewing marathon when I finally reach my french home in a couple of weeks.

Winter 6 PAC

These are my latest finished garments. I haven't sewn for more than a month but before christmas I finished these.

The black pencil skirt is one of my early garments for my SWAP at Stitcher's Guild's yearly swap contest and I will soon start to sew more of what I planned. The only problem is that all my fabrics are in my french home and I will not come there until the end of February.
I used these patterns:
Navy blue pencil skirt in heavy jersey; Kirsty Jupe from La Maison Victor.
Top in the same navy blue jersey: Pattern from Stof & Stil, same as the dress in this post.
Cézembre blouse in a single jersey: Anne Kerdiles Couture.
Navy blue wrap cardigan in a blue angora wool knit: Pattern from Papercut Patterns.
Gertie's Pencil Skirt from her first book.
Plantain Tee from Deer & Doe Patterns
Aldaia Dress från Pauline Alice.