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I was excited about Me Made May this year mainly because I love seeing everyone’s outfits and discovering new sewists, but also because it’s the first year that it didn’t seem like a huge effort for me since I’ve got quite a vast handmade wardrobe now. Aside from a couple of jackets, one or two…
From what I've seen I think this year's Me Made May has been the best yet. It wasn't a challenge for me to wear me Made each day because I generally do. I have very few rtw clothes now. However the real challenge was not wearing my favourite items multiple times, which I always fall…
The majority of my wardrobe now is me made but I do have a couple of ready to wear dresses that I still love, one of them being this Topshop tie back dress that I bought off eBay some years ago. I love the fit of this dress, and the playfulness of the bow at…
This was my first year doing Me Made May. I only started sewing three years ago so up until now RTW has still made up quite a big proportion of my wardrobe however this year I figured that since 99% of my wardrobe is me made, I would take on the challenge of documenting it.…
I have made a few Emery dresses and Betty dresses so far but generally have stuck to Emerys in the Winter and Bettys in the Summer. I do love an Emery but for this fabric I wanted a more swooshy skirt and so used the Betty bodice and skirt with the Emery sleeves. I think…
I am a little bit in love with Liberty's new print Wild Flowers and although I was a bit worried at first that the print would look a little too busy for a dress, I decided to give it a go with By Hand London's Flora pattern. The pattern is relatively easy to follow and…
I've been wanting to make my own 1950s style dress for a while and when I saw that Sew Over It had brought out their Betty dress pattern I knew I had to try it with Liberty fabric. The instructions are fairly easy to follow even for a beginner but they also now have a…
Kate Eva 