Now that September is over and my Self-stitched September challenge is finished, I wanted to put together a few reflections on the month. First, here’s a roundup of every outfit I photographed. (And can you spot the intruder in one of these?) Actually, it was easier than I expected to keep wearing my homemade clothes for the Read More…

It’s the last day of Self-stitched September. And you know, I am a little bit sad! It’s the navy dress again today. Tomorrow I’m going to share a few thoughts on the challenge as a whole, but overwhelmingly I think it was not that big a challenge – i.e., it didn’t feel boringly repetitive, or Read More…

September is almost over! One of the biggest challenges in wearing something handmade every day has been that the weather this month was warmer than I expected. I should have taken the hint and made a couple of short-sleeved tops, instead of rushing to finish a sweater which hasn’t yet seen the light of day. Read More…

Here is something I actually made IN September (yesterday). A casual skirt. Even, I would say, part of a slouchy weekend outfit. Here I am slouching. Okay, not super-casual, I realise, but to me it’s a good effort! Mike laughs at me because casual is not something I do very well. But wait! You may Read More…

I actually wore this outfit twice this week, I love it so much. It features a striped top which I made from scratch, and a green merino jumper which was a charity shop find which I altered. This top is the result of really concerted effort in trying to find the right fabric. I had Read More…

Today I finally wore this grey wool skirt, which is refashioned. Now, clearly instead of blogging about what I wear I should be searching ‘photography’ in the library catalogue, because I can only achieve two main looks in my picture taking lately. Super dark, or super light. In this case I think the super light Read More…

Woah! Did I not post since last Monday? Well, here we have the first two days of this week. It was a little cooler and I eagerly pulled out two new knitted items. Monday I got away with wearing my new cardigan – knitted by me! It’s actually the third time around for this yarn. Read More…

Hello again! I took a break over the weekend and wore store-bought clothes (remember, my challenge was for 5 days a week). But I’m back on the wagon with a self-stitched dress. This is made from navy jersey knit, a fabric kindly given to me by a sewing friend at church who was clearing out Read More…

I’ll confess, I’m struggling a bit to know what to wear these days. Last weekend I was so proactive as to pack away a few of my summer clothes, pulled out a few lightweight sweaters, and I’ve been scrimping my pennies all year to splash out on a pair of ankle boots that I hoped Read More…

Here you go! My first Self-Stitched September outfit post. These are the outfits from the 2nd and 3rd of the month, which I’m grouping together because they involve the same skirt.   This skirt is from a pattern from 1975, which I picked up for 50p at a vintage stall a year ago. It turns Read More…