Nesting Dolls of Science

My final stages of getting excited and prepping and drawing to a close.  My mom made some dresses and they have been hemmed, I'm snipping loose threads from my new skirt and ironing some other stuff to prep for this month.  I'm actually becoming excited, and it's all thanks to elasticated waistbands and dresses. Dude, straight talk: I'm in love with elastic waistbands in clothing.  Luckily, I've made a ton of skirts with them as a main feature over the past few years. Now you may be thinking: where did this sudden epiphany come from?  I've been transitioned into maternity pants now for about a month and my bump has just gotten to the point where I really can't wear anything but maternity pants.  The only downside is a maternity pant with panels kind of tends to slide down and can get awfully uncomfortable throughout the day.  Luckily, I know have lots of elastic waistband skirts thanks to making them throughout the year (and when they stretch out, I'...

As the day of actually Me Made May approaches, I have begun to reflect more on how I felt after Me Made May last year.  I think, overall, it was a great experience.  I loved showing off my handmade things that maybe I didn't wear as often.  It also pushed my sense of style and how I want to present myself.  Here are a few things that stuck with me that will most definitely impact how I prepped for Me Made May and how I'm going to post this year. Instagram Selfies, Not for Me Can you smell the awkward?  Believe it or not, this is NOT the most awkward photo I have from last year. I really don't like photos of myself.  I don't like what my face often does, I get annoyed with my body and I'm super self conscious.  I like DRAWING self portraits, but not so much PHOTOGRAPHIC self portraits.  Last year for Me Made May, I posted a photo almost every day of my outfits.  It drove me a bit crazy.  If I wanted the whole outfit in the photo, ...

What I have found to be the biggest difference in making things before and now is one big one:  I've been tackling a lot more knits. Sewing madness. With a little help from my buddy, of course. It's much easier for me to deal with a growing, changing body if the material has some stretch to it.  Plus, I have some great and versatile patterns from, who else, Seamwork to play around with.  An outfit I'm kind of excited about is made up entirely of Seamwork pieces, and knit fabric.  Right now the skirt doesn't fit super well, but I made it for when I'm a little bit bigger. I did a ton of planning around some of these outfits, but unfortunately fabric constraints mean I had to do a bit of rearranging or changing of color.  Luckily, I had my moodboard and Pinterest to help me out.  I realized that I forgot to show you my moodboard from last post.  WHOMP HERE IT IS: Weirdly enough, I feel like a lot of these images just explain my life t...

So as I mentioned in my last post, I did the Seamwork Design Your Wardrobe program.  Basically, it was through the email and it was worksheets, and as a teacher, it worked so well for me.  I don't want to spoil it (if you're interested, check out Seamwork ) but I do want to talk about part of the process.  Specifically, the moodboard and organizing part. I realized part of my issue last year was not having enough pieces that fit my existing wardrobe to allow me to actually wear them and feel like it looked good.  Through the Seamwork email thing, I really thought about what I needed to wear and what would work for me based on what I partially already had and what I wanted to have.  Making a moodboard always seemed so arbitrary...until I did it.  I looked at images that excited me, silhouettes I liked and colors I enjoyed and appreciated.  I also, for once, looked at seasons. The first step for me was to look at clothes on my Pinterest (specifically...

Yes, you read that title right.  I'm going to attempt Me Made May for the second time.  Oh, and I'm 20 weeks pregnant.  Yeah, so it's been a process.  My little buddy girl has just started to pop out a little, so I've been making the move into maternity wear.  The first trimester was actually somewhat mild compared to those in my new mother's support group thing.  I had fatigue and nausea, but overall it wasn't like the worst thing.  I mean, I slept a lot but I think that was my body preparing for insomnia to come.  And the second trimester, which many call the best trimester, has been good so far.  The body changes have been weird, and I feel like I have a new body like every few days, but other than that it's been fine so far.  Luckily, I'm tall, so she has plenty of space to move around.  I have a feeling that my blog posts for Me Made May will have a similar "Baby Update" vibe to them, but if I've learned anything about how I ...