MeMadeMay and I

Hi folks,

so, May is almost over and I must admit, I really did wear a lot of my self-made garments, I just didn´t always have someone to make a good picture. And when I see all the other bloggers with their professional pics I feel a bit ashamed of the quality of mine (or the lack thereof).

So what, now I will post a few pics that I can stand to look at and hope you will forgive me for not showing all the crappy ones...

This is Simplicity 1653, a quite recent make. I had to take in a lot at the sideseams, since the pattern was only available in double sizes (meaning s/m m/l l/xl), but in the end, I´m content with it.

I never realized I had so much of a backside...

This is a pattern hack of a Lady Skater, I just cut the skirt pieces short and made a peplum shirt from it. The cute flowery jersey caught my eye on the Maybachufer market, my favorite source of fabric, and I took it home to rest it in my stash until this idea came along.

I like it a lot and often wear it to work.

If you should wonder about my hairstyle, I recently developed a passion for braids, since my hair is again long enough to do nice creative hairstyles with it and I discovered the amazing blog of Australian resident Christina called Hair Romance. You should give it a try if you´re interested in beautiful hair :-)

funny face inclusive

This basic shirt is made from a pattern of the finnish company Ottobre. After a critical viewing of my closet I realized I posses way too many dresses and way too less separates. This is one attempt to change that fact. Also, a very different print on the fabric than my average rather girly style and a much simpler cut. I like it :-)

I also made two Netties, since the first was such a big success, I immediately dove into my stash to dig out some more four-way-strech fabric and made a second, with a third already cut out and waiting.

Those pics are not available yet, as I didn´t want to make selfies wearing a bodysuit with a lot of that bootie showing... so you have to wait. Or maybe I should join the flickr group of Closet Case files.... 

Anyway, I´m going on a weekend trip next Friday, to explore a bit of my own country for a change, trying to couchsurf for the first time in Dresden. I really do hope the weather will stay fine and sunny like today (28 degrees, yes!) and I will shoot a few nice pics for you to see when I come back.

Until then,

C u,

MilanManyPins :-)

Me made may first week review...and a travel report

Hi folks,

here we go and the first six days of May have already passed me by... here are my first three pictures.

As I don´t possess enough self-made clothing (at least not for wearing with these temperatures), I will show you as many as I really wore:

this is a Burda Style Shirt with polca dots :-)

This and the shirt below are from the same pattern, Joanna 

by joulijou, an indy-pattern designer from Germany. Actually this shirt is my first make since I started sewing again :-)

I got to spend a long weekend at my old hometown known as Bielefeld, the city, that doesn´t exist!

Actually, it is an old joke made up by some students in the 90´s to make fun of some conspiracy-theories going on, but it somehow survived the decades and has even resulted in books that focus on that topic... lol.

So, for the first time in a long period I made one way by coach. I like travelling by train and would have done so this time either, but realized too late, that I needed to book in advance in order to get a decent price. So I checked the coach sites on the web and finally decided on a ticket with the BerlinLinienBus for 22€ one way.

The coach was comfy and the trip not as exhausting as I expected, I even had a chat with an elderly Lady sitting next to me, definietely do it again.

When I arrived, temperatures had dramatically dropped by about ten degrees, so I shivered a bit in my leather jacket... but got some warm jumper courtesy of my best friend Christian, once I arrived at his place :-)

I spent some nice days in Bielefeld, though the weather did it´s best to dampen my mood, and I shot some nice pics for you. 

Impressive, ain´t it?

Should you ever come to the area, don´t leave it out, it´s a nice and rather quiet town, lots of bars and restaurants, a beautiful old town and small expensive shops mixed with galleries and art shops. Of course there are the ugly parts of town with dirt and rotten places, but you really have to look for them.

So here come a few shots made in the old town and I hope you like them. :-)

I´ll be back with more pictures from my latest makes, til then, stay safe.

Cheers,

Milan