flip flops, the unofficial start to summer – The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 45
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made.
It’s a year long experiment in getting dressed without clothing labels –
it’s a year about noticing patterns, trying things, and observing what happens.
Day 309 – Friday, June 5th
archer button up shirt // black tank top // jeans
pocket watch necklace // bracelets // rings // black flats
Day 310 – Saturday, June 6th
2nd archer button up shirt // black tank top // black maxi skirt
robot watch necklace // rings // black flats
Day 311 – Sunday, June 7th
black tank top // cascading flowers skirt
pocket watch necklace // rings
Day 312 – Monday, June 8th
2nd archer button up // black tank top // black maxi skirt
bicycle necklace // rings// black flats
Day 313 – Tuesday, June 9th
archer button up shirt // black tank top // jeans
pocket watch necklace // bracelets // rings // black flats
Day 314 – Wednesday, June 10th
2nd archer button up // black tank top // black maxi skirt
robot clock necklace // rings // black flats
Day 315 – Thursday, June 11th
the easiest vest ever // black tank top // cascading flowers skirt
bicycle necklace // bracelets // rings // flip flops
While the official start of summer isn’t until the 21st, the unofficial start of summer for me is the first day I pull out my flip flops. Yay Summer!
Now I really better get started on those summer dresses! Do you have any favorite summer dress patterns? I’d love any suggestions.
PS. Robin Hunter interviewed me about knitting design over on her blog as part of her weekly knitwear designer interview series… so head on over to her blog to read the interview!
back to spindle spinning
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on.
What I’m Working On…
: the only crafting project I really worked on this week was a little bit of spinning.
: Saturday I spend the afternoon spindle spinning a sample of alpaca/wool fiber, and as a little bit of an experiment I documented the progress through the afternoon over on Instagram – it was fun photographing the incremental progress, and was a good reminder to stop & take photos of what I’m making as it’s in the process of getting made, so I’m going to try doing more of that in the future – if you’re on Instagram, come say hi!
: then I spindle plied the sample last night, and now it’s resting until I get around to skeining the yarn.
packing & traveling with a handmade wardrobe – The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 44
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made.
It’s a year long experiment in getting dressed without clothing labels –
it’s a year about noticing patterns, trying things, and observing what happens.
Day 302 – Friday, May 29th
archer button up shirt // black tank top // vine print skirt
bicycle necklace // bead crochet bracelets // rings // black flats
Day 303 – Saturday, May 30th
2nd archer button up shirt // black tank top // black maxi skirt
robot necklace // various rings // black flats // coffee
Day 304 – Sunday, May 31st
archer button up shirt // black tank top // jeans
robot necklace // bead crochet bracelets // rings // black heels
Day 305 – Monday, June 1st
blue kimono // black tank top // vine print skirt
khaki scarf // bead crochet bracelets // rings // black heels
Day 306 – Tuesday, June 2nd
blue kimono // black tank top // vine print skirt
robot necklace // bead crochet bracelets // rings // black flats
Day 307 – Wednesday, June 3rd
archer button up shirt // black tank top // jeans
black scarf // bead crochet bracelets // rings // black flats
Day 308 – Thursday, June 4th
blue kimono // black tank top // graphic silk circle skirt
pocket watch necklace // bead crochet bracelets // rings // sneakers
Lots of repeats this week – that’s because I spent the long weekend at TNNA + travel days. Like I do for every trip, I packed at the last minute and instead of planning outfits – I just threw my most comfortable pieces of clothing in a bag and walked out the door…
That included: both my archers, my blue kimono, all my black tank tops, my jeans, my vine print skirt, and my black maxi skirt.
The grab comfortable clothes & walk out the door has always been my packing strategy, which is a pretty laid back strategy, but I was amazed that packing for this trip (with a 100% handmade wardrobe) was even easier then packing for any previous trip (with a small but not handmade wardrobe).
Maybe it’s because I made all my clothes and therefore know everything about them, or maybe it’s because I’ve been wearing the same tiny wardrobe for 10 months now – but there was no question about what I was going to pack – which was pretty neat.
(I did at the last minute throw my graphic silk circle skirt & my cascading flowers skirt into the bag – “just in case” – but never pulled them out & didn’t need them.)
PS. if I ever thought finding photography angles in my NYC apartment was hard, it’s nothing compared to a hotel room.
