After last year when I posted my Me Made May 2024 in April of 2025, I thought I’d get organised, so here is an overview of what I wore in May. I should say that this is a record used quite often by me so it’s a necessary activity. I apologise in advance for the poor quality of the photos; I had to screenshot them as I had cleaned out my photo library.

1 May: Vogue 9305 from thrifted silk and a pair of jeans I made for my husband and then swiped.

2 May: My Pattern Union pinafore from a 1960s curtain and a really, really old yellow tee, pattern long forgotten

3 May: My Diane von Furstenberg dress made in 2014 using the original pattern, Vogue 1549, which I still have. Fabric came from knitwitfabrics and is an Italian cotton knit which is quite lovely

4 May: Fibremood Clover trousers from thrifted fabric and an Elbe Textiles @Staley top made from striped merino knit. I had been cooking and was rather frazzled as it’s not an everyday activity.

Day 5: Playing with golden wattle wearing Hug hoodie from linen/silk knit from Knitwit Fabrics and Stokx Square Pants from sofa fabric

Day 6: Stokx Hacker top and jeans made for husband. How good are these trees? Just south of Manjimup.

Day 7: wool shirt made for husband and shrunk in the wash, Fibremood Clover pants and knitted headband that looks like I have a bandage on my head

Day8: that’s wattle blossom I’m cleaning off my Pattern Union cora blouse, not breakfast! Teamed with the sofa Stokx Square Pants.

Day 9: zero waste trousers and blouse Pattern b from Asuka Hamada Sweet Clothes, which I wore out to lunch with friends.

Day 10: Pattern Union Cora blouse as a heavily hacked dress. Tote is made from washable paper and leather handles from a thrown away sofa found on a verge.

Day11: It’s Mother’s Day and I wore my Stokx Flirt Skirt made from a green sheet and a blouse from Woman’s Realm WR2 from the 1940s which had belonged to my mother, the fabric came from Jenny, @joeandroxy.

Day 12: Stokx Skater top, black trousers, pattern long forgotten, and felt bag made by @martienvanzuilen

Day 13: Orange Stokx Square Pants and Liz Haywood Zero Waste Xanthea shirt made from Liberty cotton flannel bought from The Fabric Store in LA.

Day 14: Stokx Square Pants  made from my Mum’s sofa fabric, a Pattern Union Eva Tee made from fine wool which I dyed with leaves and logwood, and a long cardigan refashioned from a rtw skirt.

Day 15: self-drafted jeans with a Closet Core Tee from free fabric from REMida, and knitted necklace

Day 16: Stokx Flirt Skirt  and a Liz Haywood Zero Waste Sandie Shirt made from the most beautiful thrifted Japanese cotton.

Day 17: A pinafore dress made using Simplicity 4789 and a piece of vintage curtain. Teamed with a Pattern Union Lulu tee and my knitted necklace.

Day 18: Jeans made for husband, adopted by me as they were a bit small for him, with a tunic made from fabric that had belonged to my Mum. The pattern is the Tessuti Frankie top, I really like this pattern and must make more. There was a “Day on the Bay” down on the river and it was wonderful. Next year we will round up all the grandchildren and take them.

Day 19: Stokx Skater top and Style Arc Elle pants.

Day 20: Fibremood blaze top from linen knit and shrunken husband jeans, on the gate is Fibremood Donna jacket

Day 21: My new upcycled jeans tunic #simplicity4789 and closet core tee with crocheted neck piece made from naturally dyed wool

Day 22: Sewing in $10 trackie pants and machine knitted jumper (another shrunken number from husband) with handknit over the sofa. Eyes closed are a non-optional extra!

Day 23: back in the Simplicity 4789 denim tunic and Fibremood Blaze

Day 24: At the Air Orchestra installation in Liz Haywood Smith Pinafore also from upcycled jeans, Liz Haywood zero waste jacket from a pink blanket and vintage Liberty of London scarf. Tights made by me too.

Day 25: Back at the Air Orchestra with little one in orange Stokx Square Pants very, very old wool skivvy from my own design and a hacked Pattern Union Cora Blouse hoodie.

Day 26: Stokx Square pants  in RMWilliams deadstock moleskin, Stokx Skater top  in merino and Flip jacket made from a Gorman quilt. It’s fully reversible.

Day 27: Nina Lee London Southbank Sweater dress in orange and black fleece scraps, me made tights, in yet another house renovation site, this one belonging to eldest son.

Day 28: Pattern Union Hannah culottes and Felix jacket made from pin striped wool and lined with vintage Japane silk. Worn with a pattern Union Eva Tee. I wore this to catch up with Sarah who designed them all. Forgot to take a photo of the two of us of course!

Day 29: It was wet so I tossed on my self drafted raincoat and Vera hat (removed for the photo), and a pink and grey tracksuit: Joan trousers and hacked Pattern Union Cora blouse.

Day 30: Fibremood Clover trousers made from Merchant and Mills denim waterproof fabric, a wool Pattern Union Cora blouse with added bling in the form of sequins and felted silk, and a knitted mobius scarf.

Day 31: merino Pattern Union tee with a Felix jacket  made from a piece of old blanket and lined with silk from and unworn dress, hacked to have zip and collar with a brooch made in last year’s Making Zen with @mirjamtextiles and corduroy Stokx Square Pants.

I thought I’d give you a little light relief. The two little misses came to play and did some serious drawing and baby nurturing. I’m going to make them some proper bedding as they grab any old fabric. Annie the Waldorf doll is lying under the pram mattress!