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Week 3 of Me Made Me

I survived another week of Me Made May.  I must admit now that the weather is getting a little warmer it hasn't been too difficult.


Going clockwise:
  • The black striped dress is an RTW but needed adjustments as it was too big in the sides and in the shoulders.  
  • The black pants are made out of a wonderful ponte that I bought at B&J Fabrics in NY.  I used the StyleArc Elle pattern and these have a proven to be a wonderful staple in my wardrobe.
  • This is another StyleArc pattern, the Kristen Dress.   I love this pattern and  have made another version of it, which I blogged about here.
  • And yet another pair of StyleArc Elle pants.  My husband was in New Zealand a few years ago and I begged him to bring back some fabric for me.  A little searching on the web led me to a fabric store that was located very close to where he was staying.  After a few emails, I had 3 meters each of black, grey and taupe bengaline!  The first thing I made was these Elle pants as bengaline was the recommended fabric.  It wears well but I must admit, I like my black ponte pair so much better!
  • This must be the StyleArc week, because this is the Ivy Knit Top.  I blogged about this top here.  I still think it is too big and will go down one size next time I make it.
  • The week ended with this McCall's knit dress that I made last summer and is still one of my favorites.
It's hard to believe that we are in the final week of the "Me Made Me" challenge!  Hopefully I'll get a chance to post pics of what I wore during Week 1 while I was at my conference.

Since I finished the "muslin" of my Shirtdress Sew-Along, I am ready to cut out my "real" version.  More on that tomorrow....
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