an almost completed button up shirt, and it’s the end of week 20! – The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 20
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made.
It’s sort of a year long experiment in getting dressed without clothing labels.
DAY 134 – DECEMBER 12th
Boring Black Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Grey Tights
Brown Boots
Bead Crochet Bracelet
Various Rings
I absolutely love this boring black sweater. As much of a boring nightmare as it was to knit (and it was really boring), I can wear it with anything in my wardrobe, and it’s the perfect weight for a light winter layer. I guess sometimes sucking it up and knitting the boring things is totally worth it.
DAY 135 – DECEMBER 13th
Blue Kimono
Grey Cowl
Basic Black Tank Top
Cascading Flowers Skirt
Various Rings
This blue kimono was one of the very first things I made for the self-made wardrobe and I wore it almost constantly throughout the summer and into the fall. It turns out is also make a perfect layer for when I’m working from home.
DAY 136 – DECEMBER 14th
Versio Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Black Heels
Pocket Watch Necklace
Various Rings
This sweater was kind of an experiment in making yarn from my yarn stash (which is almost entirely single skeins of lace weight yarn) work for sweater knitting. It turned out to be a quite successful experiment if I do say so myself. A colorful experiment – but a successful one.
DAY 137 – DECEMBER 15th
Moonstruck Cardigan
Black Scarf
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Bead Crochet Bracelet
One of the benefits of freelancing and working a lot from home is that I have a really flexible schedule, and can usually take photos in the late morning/midday/early afternoon when the light isn’t streaming directly into my living room – but then, some days that just doesn’t work out and I take squinty-eyed, coffee drinking morning photos.
DAY 138 – DECEMBER 16th
Boring Black Sweater
Blue & Green Archer Button Up
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Pocket Watch Necklace
Various Rings
My first version of Archer is so close to done I can taste it, and couldn’t help but wear it (even though it still doesn’t have buttons.) I had actually finished the hem that morning, and had already gotten dressed, taken photos, and was walking out the door, when I decided to change. I exchanged my deconstructed sweater for an unfinished Archer, and boring black sweater, and quickly snapped a couple more photos – it was definitely the right choice.
DAY 139 – DECEMBER 17th
Blue & Green Archer Button Up
Black Scarf
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Various Rings
This wasn’t the warmest winter wardrobe decision I ever made – but it worked out fine, and I’m getting buttons for Archer today, so hopefully it’ll be properly done this weekend. Yay!
DAY 140 – DECEMBER 18th
Transitional Weather Sweater
Black Scarf
Cascading Flowers Skirt
Grey Tights
I don’t know why I tend to sit cross-legged in this skirt, but it would seem I do.
Also! It’s the end of Week 20! We’re quickly approaching Day 150!
(and still, I just want a pair of damn pants. I’ve wanted a pair of pants since week 6, and the only person ‘at fault’ for me not having pants, is me… damn it.)
puppy proofing my self-made wardrobe
Each Wednesday, I post little snippets about what’s happening, and what I’m working on.
Most of this week was focused on finishing up my first “Archer” button up shirt. It’s now finished – except for the buttons & button holes. I’m hoping to pick up some buttons tomorrow and actually finish it over the weekend.
This is step one in puppy proofing my self-made wardrobe. My dad got a new puppy a couple months ago, and as it turns out my Graphic Silk Circle Skirt (with it’s handkerchief hem), and my Deconstructed Sweater (with it’s extra long sleeves, giant cowl, and dangling threads) are just too tempting for a 4 month old puppy, so when I went to visit for Thanks giving, my sleeves & hems spent a lot of time in the puppy’s mouth.
Luckily nothing ripped, but I’d rather not tempt fate. So step one to puppy proofing my self-made wardrobe is a basic button up shirt that I can just throw on, with no dangling threads, or giant cowls.
And step two is jeans. Step two might not happen by the next time I visit, but either way, it really needs to happen soon. (Which I’ve been saying since week six…)
I also finished up the sleeves of my purple raglan cardigan. I was worried I’d run out of yarn, but I had enough (yay!) and now the sweater just needs a ton of ends woven in (one of the downsides of knitting a sweater completely out of order), a soak and a block.
“I figure if I’m not freezing cold, who cares.” – The Self-Made Wardrobe Week 19
The Self-Made Wardrobe is a project where I only wear garments I’ve made.
It’s sort of a year long experiment in getting dressed without clothing labels.
DAY 127 – DECEMBER 5th
Boring Black Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Khaki Scarf
Pirate Skirt
Various Rings
I’ve found, with this self-made wardrobe project, that I sort of have a wardrobe love/hate cycle. First I love my wardrobe, then I get sick of my wardrobe, I’m highly motivated to make more clothing, I finish something new, and I love my wardrobe again.
What I love about finishing & adding a new piece of clothing to my wardrobe is how much it expands the potential of my whole wardrobe and how one piece can help me see all of my clothing in a new way.
DAY 128 – DECEMBER 6th
Deconstructed Sweater
Boring Black Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Black Heels
Various Rings
Déjà vu? Me too. Last week I went to see my family for Thanksgiving, and this week I went to see them for a family birthday dinner.
I wore basically the same thing as I did last week, my big cushy deconstructed sweater, and graphic silk circle skirt – but I added my boring black sweater as an extra layer, and I’m really glad I did.
DAY 129 – DECEMBER 7th
Deconstructed Sweater
Boring Black Sweater
Basic Black Tank Top
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Black Heels
Various Rings
Same clothes. Worse lighting.
Thankfully the winter solstice is coming soon – so the days will start getting longer, and eventually I’ll be able to take photos at five or six in the evening without it being pitch dark outside.
DAY 130 – DECEMBER 8th
Moonstruck Cardigan
Cascading Flowers Skirt
Brown Boots
Princess Necklace
Various Rings
I keep saying I’m going to make another skirt like this, because I love it so much, but the trickiest part is finding the right fabric. This skirt works mostly because of the fabric, it’s a crinkle rayon that I got from my great aunt. It has a fantastic print and an amazing drape.
DAY 131 – DECEMBER 9th
Basic Black Tank Top
Deconstructed Sweater
Pirate Skirt
Pocket Watch Necklace
Various Rings
One of the things I adore most about this sweater is I have lots of options with it. I hardly ever wear it off my shoulders like this, but I like knowing I have that option.
DAY 132 – DECEMBER 10th
Versio Sweater
Grey Cowl
Graphic Silk Circle Skirt
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Various Rings
I’m basically living in these boots this winter – at least until I get my other boots resoled, which I’ve been meaning to do for weeks, but just haven’t gotten around to doing yet.
DAY 133 – DECEMBER 11th
Moonstruck Cardigan
Black Scarf
Black Maxi Skirt with a Slit
Black Tights
Brown Boots
Back in head to toe black (with a bit of brown thrown in.) It feels strange wearing a skirt with a slit in it during December, and I’m sure it looks strange, but I figure if I’m not freezing cold, who cares.
