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!

Some Clothes Without Me

Yes, here's 3 dresses I've recently made that have yet to be pictured avec moi.


So here they are pictured without me: 

~ Tina Givens' Sam Dress ~

~ made in rayon challis ~

~ with contrasting striped neckline tie ~

I don't really see me wearing this as is.  It's a little too a-line skimpy for me.  I mean without layers somewhere, over, under.  Or as a nightgown.  We'll see.

~ same pattern, lots of modifications ~

~ in black and beige striped georgette ~

~ added shoulder/ sleeve cap ruffle ~

~ added hem piece with selvedge edges & side ties ~

I like this one much more, but I also made it a size larger along with all the mods to go under a specific dress.


This dress:

~ a wrap dress made from Simple Modern Sewing ~

~ using linen designed by Tina Givens ~

~ can also be worn open and center tied ~

~ luv the print and colorway ~

But the fabric itself is rather coarse, which is why I wanted to make something soft to wear underneath so none of it would touch my skin.  The Sam pattern fit the bill.  I think the striped one looks great with the Rorschach print.

There's more, but that's enough for one post, don't ya think?

Can I join the party of Visibles at Patti's Not Dead Yet Style without being in my new clothes?  Let's see what happens.

It's About Time

... I came From Out of the Blue

~ it was a cold and dreary day ~

~ but I stood out up to it ~

~ in all Blue, Bay-bee ~

Yeah, well here's some more.

~ now in Black and Blue for a cold, whilst sunny, day ~

~ to do some stealth book borrowing ~

~ I say, isn't that the Tardis? ~

~ unwrapped for brunch ~

~ showing Black and Blue shoes and sox ~

And then some:

~ on yet another day, inside ~

~ with more blue and black shoes and sox ~

 Oh, oh, but look what just came in the mail...

~ Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights, Doc Marten Boots from ebay!! ~

oh. my.

The details:  

• The blue monstrosity is made from a Vogue Issey Miyake pattern 2128 that I enlarged way too much.  Plus it's made out of double knit, which is what it suggested, but no.  yuck.  
• The  BBD (big black dress) is from a free pattern off the internet which also recommended a knit.  I had some black from a mystery bundle and used it.  I added the blue parts (scraps from the Miyake) and also made it a few inches longer. 
• In the first ensemble I'm wearing my fingerless gloves made a la Alabama Chanin.
• All boots/ shoes are from ebay.
• All sox are from sockdreams.

More to come another day.  I've been sewing up a storm, I tell you.  

I got nothing.

yeah.

~ painting by Adrian Waggoner ~

It's not that I haven't been sewing.  I have.  A lot.  I even have some pictures.

But I don't like them.                                                                  Nope.

So you haven't seen any...                                                          

I seem to be all discombobulated.  Is that a word?  I guess so, spell-check didn't light up.




I've been going to a zillion workshops the last couple months.  My ceus (what are they?) Continuing Education Units for my LCPC (License Clinical Professional Councilor) are due by the end of the month.  I was thinking of just letting my accreditations go...but no.

So far it's been: 

• Cleansing the Collective Unconscious Post-Election 
• Soul-tending
• If Not Now, When?
• Further Explorations of Consciousness
• Narcissism and The Mana Personality

to put it in a nutshell.  hehheh.   I just signed up for whatever was there until I had my total.   and then stopped.




I get to turn 65 in a few months.  So does my True Love.  So there's that.  Social Security, Medicare, applications, decisions, and if there will be any by the time POTUS gets done with it.




My sewing:  

• I've done an Issey Miyake top and skirt.  I don't know if I really like it.  I guess I think I should.  The fabric's weird.  
• What else?  Oh, I made a black and blue knit turtle neck dress based on a free pattern from the internet.  I guess it's okay.  I've worn it twice.   
• I made a gray twill crop top, Leola by Tina Givens to go with my Phoebe pants of the same fabric.
• Also a blue/gray stretch mesh print long tank top to wear underneath it.   It's fine.  
• I made the Sam Shirt/Dress by Tina Givens from some springy rayon fabric.  I'm not totally sure about it.  
• I made 3 other pieces that were wadders, but not my fault.  I was pattern testing and the patterns weren't really test-able yet.
• I think there's a few others, but I can't remember them now... 

Okay then,

Over and out.

You Move Me.

I've been shifting and sifting.

• Have you seen this?

~ All This Useless Beauty ~

Just click on the photo title to read it.  Yes.

• And this.

If the embedded video doesn't work for you, just click on the link below...

http://us.fashionnetwork.com/videos/video/17957,Prabal-Gurung-Women-s-Autumn-Winter-2017-18-collection-in-New-York-.html#.WKswYX-YLoK

• Even Cleveland lists a few good, thought-provoking things at the end of her imaginary outfit post, here.  Be sure to click on each one, I'm telling ya.  It's at the end of her post.

• The response from Lyn of Accidental Icon to commentor, Marlena's question about fashion consumption and inequality is at the end of her Fashion Body+Desire post.

• Relax and enjoy the overthetop satire of Braindead on netflix (or wherever you can get it).  Of course CBS cancelled it after 1 season...

• a poem:

But, think of winter, oh this secret

retreat of the earth where

in the bold withdrawal of sap

courage gathers among the dead,

courage for future springs,

where below the rigidity

imagination unfolds,

where the outworn green of past summer days

turns into new inspiration

and into the mirror of what will be...

Someone told me it was by Rilke, then someone else said Rumi.  I don't know...but it moves me.

• So, how's it going for you? 

I'm going over to Patti's Not Dead Yet Style, before it's too late.  Come on by.