//THE WARDROBE PROJECT//

Can you believe that we are nearly done with Me Made May? Have you enjoyed the process? 

Hello everyone! So, it's already the second week of May! Like, seriously, where has this year gone?

Here is the round up of my second week. I know it's not a lot, but this year I'm trying to be realistic with documenting my me-made wardrobe and the way I incorporate them in my day to day wardrobe.


So, are you enjoying Me Made May so far? Are you participating or are you watching from the sides?

Hello everyone! Recently I shared a post about my spring outerwear sewing plans. Now this is an area that is lacking in my wardrobe. Except from the occasional cardigan my spring outerwear game is really low. And it's time to change it!

When I first started sewing, never in my wildest dreams I'd imagined that it would come a day that I'd be able to make my own biker jacket! In my mind sewing something like that was really intimidating and nearly impossible! But guess what guys? NOTHING is impossible! So here it is my very first suede biker jacket! And I'm IN LOVE!


The pattern is  Mona from a French pattern company called Wear Lemonade. I already had this pattern for a while, but forgotten about it over time. At the time the pattern was available as a PDF, although it doesn't seem to be anymore. The pattern features bust darts, a zipper closure and 4 press studs. My favorite thing though about this is that you only need around 1.5m of fabric! And the options are countless!


For my version I cut a size 38 for the bust, grading to a size 40 for the waist and hips and the fit turned out perfect. I used a beige suede I already had in my stash (hooray for finally de-stashing something!), a fun leopard print bias binding for the inside and 4 rusted gold toned press-studs. Side note: if you want to install decorative press-studs, but you don't have the right tool, you can totally improvise and use a screwdriver and a hammer ;)


The PDF pattern came without any instructions, but there is a video up on the Wear Lemonade website, that takes you through the whole process step by step. Even though I don't speak any French whatsoever, it was really easy to sew this jacket. I'd say it's suited for an intermediate sewer or even an advanced beginner.

Hello lovely people! As you know it's May, and you must already know by now, that May in the sewing community means only one thing: Me Made May!

Since I did a huge clearout of my closet over the past few months, not a lot of my garments made the cut. I kept only those garments I wear and enjoy wearing often. So there are some pretty big gaps on my wardrobe at the moment and my me-made game is running low. But nontheless I really wanted to join again this year. It's such a fun project and it really makes you evaluate your wardrobe.

Because I didn't want to put much pressure on myself, I pledged to wear as many handmade garments as I can for the duration of May. No specific number of days or garments.

Putting together this round-up I realized that 4 out of the 6 handmade garments I wore this week haven't been up on the blog yet(ooops!). I really have to take some pictures of my makes!

1/5: Doing some stretching in my self-drafted leggings