{"id":1,"date":"2018-06-03T15:50:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T21:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2018-10-23T12:31:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:31:27","slug":"memademay2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/06\/03\/memademay2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Me Made May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

I participated in Me Made May<\/a> for the first time this year. Zoe<\/a>, the instigator, calls it a “challenge to improve your relationship with your handmade wardrobe.” Participants make a pledge for the month of May, and mine was to wear one me-made garment every day and document them on my instagram feed<\/a>. Here’s what I learned, followed by snaps of each day’s outfits.<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0I have several ready-to-wear garments I didn’t wear because I have no me-mades to pair with them. During the month I made a tee to go with my favorite skirt, and I’ll be ordering fabric to make another tee for another item I wear often.<\/li>\n
  2. I had a big ah-ha moment: I have a pair of cropped pants that I wear a lot in the summer. I’ve looked without success for similar pants in other colors. But, duh, my sewing skills are good enough now that I can make my own! I’ve found a pattern to start with and ordered some fabric.<\/li>\n
  3. Taking pictures turned out to be easier and less onerous than I thought. I picked the one bare wall at our house, and used that as a backdrop every day. Probably very boring, but it’s helped me evaluate my outfits and made picture taking time really easy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. Long cardigan made using a\u00a0 Hey June Tallinn pattern hack<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Grainline Scout tee<\/a> using sleeve and neck mods from the Grainline blog<\/li>\n
    3. Seamwork Georgia<\/a> dress and brown Helen’s Closet Blackwood cardigan<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. McCall’s 7445 v-neck top\/sweater<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. Scoop neck tee from a Craftsy class<\/a> and black Blackwood cardigan<\/a><\/LI>
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    6. Navy Helen’s Closet Blackwood cardigan<\/a><\/li>\n
    7. Brown Helen’s Closet Blackwood cardigan<\/a> and Grainline Scout tee<\/a> <\/li>\n
    8. Grainline Hadley top<\/a><\/li>\n
    9. McCall’s 7445<\/a> pants and v-neck sweater\/top<\/li>\n
    10. Named Clothing Kielo Wrap Dress<\/a><\/li>\n
    11. me-made bag\/pouch and refashioned button-up (altered from dress to blouse)<\/LI>
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    12. Michelle Patterns<\/a> A-line pocket skirt<\/li>\n
    13. 100 acts of sewing’s Shirt No 1<\/a>, cut up and made to approximate a Rachel Comey shirt. <\/li>\n
    14. 100 acts of sewing’s Shirt No 1<\/a> and a Pamela’s Patterns Pencil Skirt<\/a><\/li>\n
    15. McCall’s 7445<\/a> pants<\/li>\n
    16. Navy Helen’s Closet Blackwood cardigan<\/a> and Grainline Scout tee<\/a> <\/li>\n
    17. self-drafted tank top<\/LI>
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    18. Michelle Patterns<\/a> A-line pocket skirt<\/li>\n
    19. Pamela’s Patterns Pencil Skirt<\/a><\/li>\n
    20. 100 acts of sewing’s Shirt No 1<\/a> and holding a black Blackwood cardigan<\/a><\/li>\n
    21. McCall’s 6750<\/a> from Craftsy class<\/a><\/li>\n
    22. Color-blocked Marilla Walker Maya top<\/a> and McCall’s 7445<\/a> pants<\/li>\n
    23. Brown Helen’s Closet Blackwood cardigan<\/a> and Grainline Scout tee<\/a> <\/li>\n
    24. Black Helen’s Closet Blackwood cardigan<\/a> and color-blocked Marilla Walker Maya top<\/a><\/LI>
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    25. Black Helen’s Closet Blackwood cardigan<\/a><\/li>\n
    26. Navy Helen’s Closet Blackwood cardigan<\/a> and Grainline Studio hemlock tee<\/a><\/li>\n
    27. Color-blocked Marilla Walker Maya top<\/a><\/li>\n
    28. Grainline Studio hemlock tee<\/a><\/li>\n
    29. 100 acts of sewing’s Shirt No 1<\/a><\/li>\n
    30. Michelle Patterns<\/a> A-line pocket skirt<\/li>\n
    31. Grainline Studio hemlock tee<\/a> and McCall’s 7445<\/a> pants<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      I participated in Me Made May for the first time this year. Zoe, the instigator, calls it a “challenge to improve your relationship with your handmade wardrobe.” Participants make a pledge for the month of May, and mine was to wear one me-made garment every day and document them on my instagram feed. Here’s what … Continue reading “Me Made May 2018”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dino.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}