Blue Gray on Memorial Day

~ Tina Givens Phoebe Top and Plinka Pants patterns, modified ~

~ with broken glasses necklace ~

~ and ebay spray-painted boots ~

I will be trotting on over to Patti and the Visibles at Not Dead Yet Style, Catherine's I Will Wear What I Like, and Cherie's Shoe and Tell.   MeMadeMay'17 is still going on here and on my pinterest board.  Do check it all out.

~ but first, let's just take a few moments to Imagine ~

Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us only sky

Imagine all the people living for today.

Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people living life in peace, you

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope some day you'll join us

And the world will be as one.

Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people sharing all the world, you

Peace out,

pao

Miyake on My Mind

And now on my body!

~ Vogue 1544, Issey Miyake shirt pattern ~

Man, his designs always blow me away, they are so amazingly put together.  Pure genius.  Of course it takes me a few weeks to make one, since I've never sewn anything like them.  And each one is a totally different animal.

~ made from "ice blue" linen ~

~ I used some scrap white embroidered linen for the insert ~

Hey, you can see my True Love taking the pix in the window reflection!

~ awww, little sea shell buttons ~

~ I know, you're thinking it looks like a night shirt ~

~ but really, there's all these amazing details ~

Like the back center hem buttons up to the front center hem, forming a pant like structure.  Yeah.  That's how I'm wearing it for the pix.  And it hangs beautifully.

~ shoes from the ole ebay ~

I'll be heading on over to Patti and the Visibles at Not Dead Yet Style, Catherine's I Will Wear What I Like, and Cherie's Shoe and Tell when they all go live.  Come on by.

I also have to get caught up on my MeMadeMay'17 page and pinterest board.  Yikes.  I'm getting on it.

Clothes with a View

Everyday it's something new.

~ Like today's view from my front porch ~

Let me take you on a tour.

~ First up, the dumpster than appeared smack in front of our house one day ~

and then stayed for two weeks, so far.

~ then the day-glo, spray-painted writing on the sidewalk arrived ~

All I can decipher is the OK and the arrows bracketing it going in opposite directions.  This appeared between the dumpster parked on the street and our front door.

~ The piece de resistance is across the street ~

Has been there for days.  ...body bags?

Am I the only normal thing in the neighborhood these days?

I mean, let's look at this scene again, all right in front of my front door.

~ Is there a message here? ~

nah, I didn't think so either, but it was a great backdrop for my screaming coral colored clothes.

~ Tina Givens Greta Dress and Pants pattern ~

~ Trippen Vivienne shoes from ebay ~

Speaking of which, I'll be trippin' on over to Patti and the Visibles at Not Dead Yet Style, Catherine's I Will Wear What I Like, and Cherie's Shoe and Tell when they all go live.   See you there.

Still hanging in there photo-ing daily on my MeMadeMay'17 page and pinterest board.  Check it all out.

Taking it for a Spin

my new Rorschach Dress

~ Watch It Now ~

~ vroom-vroom ~

~ ok, here's the overdress ~

~ and the underdress ~

~ the full Rorschach effect ~

~ and the best for last, Dr. Martens from ebay ~

details of MeMadeMay'17:

• overdress made in linen using wrap-around dress pattern in Simple Modern Sewing book

• underdress made in georgette using Tina Givens Sam Dress pattern with modifications

I'll be trotting on over to Patti and the Visibles at Not Dead Yet Style, Catherine's I Will Wear What I Like and Cherie's Shoe and Tell when they go live.

You can check out what I've worn so far in May on my MeMadeMay'17 page and/or my pinterest board of the same name, here.

Me Made May '17

I finally committed to it.  After all, I only wear my handmade clothes as it is.  The clincher was you don't have to document daily wearing of them.  Yea, I could see that. Not. 

~ All Me Made ~

I mean, it would be nice, but...

~ ooo, onslaught of the seedlings ~

you know I barely get photographs done once a week month! 

~ So here I am on a beautiful day in the neighborhood, etc. ~

I made this top thingy to go over the other Sam Dress, but evidently it decided this Sam Dress was the one.

~ don't get dizzy ~

The top is from McCall's 7416, but the back is what I find interesting, and then I modified it a bit.

~ see?  so weird ~

~ ta, for now ~

~ oh, and les shoes from ebay ~

me made details:

• hat made from old black and gray t-shirts a la Alabama Chanin's bucket hat as seen on my Winter page 
• Sam Dress pattern by Tina Givens made in B&W striped georgette with modifications
• McCall's 7416 vest pattern made in B&W striped poly
• gray fingerless gloves made from stretch fabric from stash as seen on this post.
• unseen dark gray slip with pale pink lace made from Butterick 5045 with modifications as seen on my Spring page

With that I'll be joining up with Patti and the Visibles at Not Dead Yet Style, Catherine's I Will Wear What I Like, Cherie's Shoe and Tell, and Judith the Style Crone's Hat Attack.  And of course, there's Me Made May '17 for the next 30 days!