Hey guys, how are you doing? I’ve missed you. And I’ve missed this little space here, so I’m glad to say that I’m back with new posts. It’s summer – the best time for blog photos and just a couple of weeks ago, Me Made May ended. During which I finally found a nice corner in my oh-so-tiny room to take photos in. I didn’t manage to take photos of […]
It’s that time of year again! Last year I had so much fun pushing my knitting skills in Lauren’s and Andi’s Outfit-Along Challenge, so this year I’m definitely joining in again! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, the Outfit-Along (OAL for short) is a yearly challenge, organised by Lauren of lladybird and Andi of Untangling Knots. The aim is to both sew a garment and knit a garment. […]
Thank you guys so much for your kind comments on my last post. Just a few days later, I finally finally found a flat share with the most wonderful roommates. You know you got the right kind of people when you spend over an hour chatting, laughing and eating cookies in the kitchen. I’m super excited to move back to the city again! Now let’s move on to today’s post: […]
Last year, I set an intention to drastically reduce my fabric stash. I haven’t talked a lot about my progress – all of the projects using stash fabric have been tagged rather quietly – but I’m actually very pleased with my progress. So far I used 11 fabrics from the photo in my inital post plus all of my knits. Then I donated a few fabrics to a sewing […]
The 2015 Outfit Along is over and now I know it’s possible to knit a cardigan in two months AND make a dress in the same time. Although the dressmaking part didn’t start until two weeks before the due date. Anyway, I thought it was about time to make one of the Greatest Hits of the indie sewing pattern world. Being the only person on the internet who never made a Cambie dress, […]
Yay, my projects for the 2015 Outfit-Along are finished! I can’t believe I made it in time. Since all the pictures were postes to a ravelry group and the cardigan has by far been my more adventurous make, I’ll start with it and show you the dress tomorrow. Sooo … let me introduce you to my first ever cardigan (Wooohooo!) …
With the end of Me-Made May, I’m joining the next challenge in the sewing blogger’s event calendar right away: The „Outfit Along 2015“ is hosted by Lauren of Lladybird and Andi of Untangling Knots and is about creating an entire outfit by knitting a garment and sewing a garment. I am so excited to join this challenge! As a knitting-newbie, who made a hat for almost every day of the […]
May was such a wonderful month. It’s that time of the year when the days get warmer and sunnier and the month with the most holidays (at least here in Germany). On top of that I had a week off from school, went to Copenhagen and used the extra spare time to meet lots of old friends. Plus: Me-Made-May. So much fun! All in all, I feel great about this challenge. While I didn’t succeed in wearing a different outfit with something me-made every day […]
After initial difficulties in the first two weeks, last week came along much better Me-Made-May-wise. Back at home, with my camera and tripod already set up in the morning, it was much easier to get back into the daily photo routine. Suddenly, chosing what to wear every day was a lot of fun, as was figuring out how to incorporate some older handmade pieces back into my outfits.
So, we’re halfway through Me-Made-May and I’ve already realized one important thing: 31 different outfit photos throughout May are not gonna happen around here. For one, I usually wear an outfit for 2 days in a row (unless my clothes get stained or sweaty). Then again, my wardrobe is rather small and there are several repeating outfits throughout a month as well …
Can you believe it’s May already? Just four weeks ago I started design school which is both super exciting and super exhausting. Big transitions always are. You haven’t adapted to the new “routine” yet, everything’s new and unknown and it requires much more energy to get through the day. So the last month basically consisted of working and lots and lots of sleep […]
Have you heard of Colette’s Wardrobe Architect Project? They write this series on wardrobe planning over at the Colette Patterns Blog. The goal is to find out more about yourself and your style in order to create a small wardrobe that you really feel comfortable in. I am very late to the party, but am going to belatedly join anyway. The idea is just wonderful and after a major cleanout of […]