I’ve just realised that it’s very nearly Me Made May 2025 and I haven’t done a blog roundup on 2024. As I use these posts for reference I’m just writing the post for my own benefit.
Day 1: my husband wore a long sleeved tee I had made him and my denim Stokx Square Pants which grew and grew until they fitted him perfectly. I wore a Fibremood Donna jacket made from Liberty fleecy stuff, Stokx Square Pants from corduroy and a merino tee.
Day 2: I wore a Stokx Hacker top and jeans that I made for my husband which were a bit tight so they are now mine. They fit me perfectly. All the clothes I’m hanging on the line were made by me.
Day 3: I went out to lunch and wore a Stokx flirt skirt made from a flannel sheet, a green silk Fibremood zinnia top and Fibremood Delma cape jacket.
Day 4: floral Stokx square pants, KnitWit merino skivvy, Pattern Union Felix jacket and Liz Haywood zero waste satchel. The satchel, trousers and jacket are all made from the same fabric, some of which I dyed. It was left over from my Mum’s sofa recovering in the 1980s.
Day 5: I wore my orange Stokx Square Pants and a hacked Pattern Union Cora blouse. I used a tablecloth I found in an op shop on Skye.
Day 6: Stokx hacker top and Itch to Stitch Tierra woven joggers.
Day 7: Stokx skater cardi hack, self drafted trousers and Pattern Union Molly tee
Day 8: Stokx square pants and red silk Seamwork magazine Akita top
Day 9: flannel Stokx flirt skirt and Stokx hacker top.
Day 10: Pattern Union Cora blouse, Stokx square pants and Liz Haywood zero waste satchel.
Day 11: I wore another pair of jeans I had made for my husband with a self drafted tee and a Pattern Union felix jacket made from a Victorian bedspread my sister gave me.
Day 12: Pattern Union Felix jacket in a duster length, over a Pattern Union Eva tee , jeans and my Liz Haywood satchel.
Day 13: Hanging around in the Airstream in Stokx square pants and Liz Haywood zero waste Petrea blouse.
Day 14: Coffee in Manjimup, where I had my first teaching post. Wearing husband’s jeans and one of his shirts, and my Liberty Fibremood Donna.
Day 15: self drafted jeans, Imby Flowy Top and a knitted shrug using a Teresa Dair pattern.
Day 16: Husband jeans and blouse from Women’s Realm WR2 from the 1940s.
Day 17: Linen Issey Miyake jacket with self drafted floral jeans whilst out with Megan and Katherine.
Day 18: Liz Haywood Smith pinafore, recycled jeans and Plantain tee shirt from Liberty knit.
Day 19: Self drafted trousers, Closet Core tee.
Day 20: Self drafted trousers, Pattern Union Cora blouse and Sewing Masin Jameela jacket.
Day 21: Husband jeans, La Maison Victor Morris shirt, Westknits marled maniac cardigan from wool I dyed myself.
Day 22: Husband jeans, Fibremood Ulima blouse from sheet I shibori dyed, Pattern Union Felix jacket.
Day 23: Husband jeans, upcycled man’s shirt and Pattern Union felix jacket from recycled jeans.
Day 24: Stokx square pants, merino tee, and 1980s patchworked suede jacket which I modified to fit.
Day 26: Stokx square pants, Pattern Union Felix jacket, astoria top, crochet necklet from self dyed wool.
Day 27: Liz Haywood Xanthea top, self-drafted trousers, Liz Haywood minimal waste hat.
Day 28: self drafted trousers, viyella shirt from vintage pattern and Fibremood Gabriella. Also showing me collapsed on the sofa wearing a Liz Haywood zero waste robe from a blanket and a sheet.
Day 29: Pattern Union Cora blouse hacked to have a hood and hudson pants made from thrifted orange fleece, knitted socks and unseen Pattern Union Cora blouse
Day 30: Blue corduroy Stokx square pants, Carbeth cardigan and crochet scarf from wool I dyed myself.
Day 31: Joan trousers and another Pattern Union cora blouse, hacked to have a hood.
It was fascinating to look back on what I wore. I remember that the weather was warmer than it appears here and I often wore too many clothes. May is not far away, so I’m looking forward to reprising some of these outfits.