May has been a funny month for me which I will definitely be sharing more about next week, but for now I will finally get caught up on my weekly recaps of Me Made May ’17.
If you haven’t read my first two weekly recaps for Me Made May you can find them here: week 1 and week 2.
At this point we were half way through the month and still going strong with different me made outfits.
One of my favourite projects last year was creating the Carkeek dress for the 30 Days of Sundresses with Melissa of Melly Sews.
Well I am back again for this years Sundressing 2017 with my newest FREE pattern, Magnolia!
Magnolia is a knit swing dress with a hi-low hem that is the perfect dress for those warm summer days. The back features a racerback with gathered yoke.
With the added fabric from the gathered back detail you get so much swing in the dress, that paired with a more fitted front bust gives you a great silhouette without being too tight.
The other day on Instagram stories Adrianna of Hey June was talking about where her pattern names come from. While I was watching it I realized I don’t think I have ever shared where my pattern names come from.
When I started my business in the fall of 2014 I tried to think of something that was personal to me that I could easily translate into names for my patterns. I knew I didn’t want to do peoples names but beyond that wasn’t entirely sure what I did want. I finally realized that I could easily tie it into the fact that I live in Seattle.
Week 2 recap of Me Made May is finally here. It has been a strange few weeks for my business which I will be sharing more about tomorrow on the blog, but I really wanted to recap every week since I am really learning so much about my clothes choices this month.
If you didn’t get a chance to read my recap from the first week of this years Me Made May you can read it here.
It has been so much fun having some of my favourite sewing friends join me on the blog for Sew the Year and share something I believe them to be an expert on. I think we can all agree that Abby of Sew Much Ado is the expert on sewing for kids. Her kiddos are the cutest in all their mommy made clothes and she is a great pattern designer to boot. I have had the pleasure of hanging out with Abby a few times and she is just as lovely in person as she is on her blog. Today Abby is going to be sharing all about sewing for kids.
Trying something a little different this year with Me Made May, by sharing weekly recaps for you. I think this is going to be a better way to share my weekly insights and pattern thoughts without trying to remember it all month long. Week 1 has been pretty much a breeze, thanks to a wardrobe of handmade, but I know as the month progresses it is going to get more difficult. But I love the challenge and the knowledge that comes from this month of pushing myself.
You can find my thoughts on the challenge in these posts from 2015 and 2016
I have been DEEP in pattern testing Eastlake this week, learning more about full bust adjustments and waist darts than I ever realized possible, and totally forgot to post about my Sew the Year May plans. So I am remedying that today.
May is bogged down with Me Made May and this pattern test so I am going to focus on basics for myself, something I don’t sew nearly enough.
It is no secret that my life is a funny combination of pattern designer and momming. Basically I am all over the map and need basics I can grab for when I am running out the door to dance/gymnastics/preschool or just doing work on the computer.
I love that Sew the Year is what it took me to tackle projects through out the year that I might have just put off in the past. Get all the details here on what Sew the Year is as well as past projects I have completed.
April was about sewing some clothes for my kiddos, something that I don’t do very often. I am so glad that I set out to sew one new thing for each of them, a total obtainable goal, and it reminded me how much I do enjoy sewing for them. Both of my kiddos absolutely love when I sew for them which makes the process even better know they will appreciate the item.
As you know I typically sew for myself whether it be a basic like a bra or a sample for one of my sewing pattern I don’t normally sewing for my kids. If you sew for kids you can relate, they just grow so fast. But you guys, why in the world do I not sew for Sophie more often. Abby of Sew Much Ado really knocked it out of the park with the Sullivan dress. I can’t believe how ridiculously adorable this dress is on my girl.
If you remember from my April Sew the Year post I mentioned that Benny got the best pair of grey cord pants from my mom. As soon as I saw them I couldn’t get woven mini hudson pants by True Bias out of my mind. I knew my guy would look adorable in a pair of twill pants so that is just what I did.
