Self-stitched September: Reflections

Now that September is over and my Self-stitched September challenge is finished, I wanted to put together a few reflections on the month. First, here’s a roundup of every outfit I photographed. (And can you spot the intruder in one of these?) Actually, it was easier than I expected to keep wearing my homemade clothes for the Read More…

Self-stitched September: Day 30

It’s the last day of Self-stitched September. And you know, I am a little bit sad! It’s the navy dress again today. Tomorrow I’m going to share a few thoughts on the challenge as a whole, but overwhelmingly I think it was not that big a challenge – i.e., it didn’t feel boringly repetitive, or Read More…

Self-stitched September: Day 29

September is almost over! One of the biggest challenges in wearing something handmade every day has been that the weather this month was warmer than I expected. I should have taken the hint and made a couple of short-sleeved tops, instead of rushing to finish a sweater which hasn’t yet seen the light of day. Read More…

Self-stitched September: Day 25

I actually wore this outfit twice this week, I love it so much. It features a striped top which I made from scratch, and a green merino jumper which was a charity shop find which I altered. This top is the result of really concerted effort in trying to find the right fabric. I had Read More…

Self-stitched September: Day 23

Today I finally wore this grey wool skirt, which is refashioned. Now, clearly instead of blogging about what I wear I should be searching ‘photography’ in the library catalogue, because I can only achieve two main looks in my picture taking lately. Super dark, or super light. In this case I think the super light Read More…

Self-stitched September: Day 8

Hello again! I took a break over the weekend and wore store-bought clothes (remember, my challenge was for 5 days a week). But I’m back on the wagon with a self-stitched dress. This is made from navy jersey knit, a fabric kindly given to me by a sewing friend at church who was clearing out Read More…

Self-stitched September: Day 5

I’ll confess, I’m struggling a bit to know what to wear these days. Last weekend I was so proactive as to pack away a few of my summer clothes, pulled out a few lightweight sweaters, and I’ve been scrimping my pennies all year to splash out on a pair of ankle boots that I hoped Read More…

Self-Stitched September: Days 2 and 3

Here you go! My first Self-Stitched September outfit post. These are the outfits from the 2nd and 3rd of the month, which I’m grouping together because they involve the same skirt.   This skirt is from a pattern from 1975, which I picked up for 50p at a vintage stall a year ago. It turns Read More…