MMM15 wrap-up and near-future plans

Posted timey-wimey-wise.

Exams have been marked, grades are in, and for once I don't have exams on the final days, so here I am reflecting on my Me-Made May and making future plans. This post is not as stupid long as last year's. You're welcome.

Previously on PGOTLMMM15:





My pledge was to wear at least two me-made or refashioned items each day without planning ahead and to finish all my UFOs. Obviously, that UFO idea was totally crazy; I don't know why I thought that I would find time in what is possibly my busiest month to plow through them. I did manage to fix the waist of my Koi is coy skirt in such a way that it is now a genuinely finished object. The other things... gah. Some of the items I thought were finished turned out not to be. Including one of the two new items I made^*. Which is a little frustrating.

Monthly total: Me-mades: 29/31; Refashioned: 3/31 Sewing: 49; Crochet: 0; Earrings/Jewellery: 16; UFOs f'd: ?/20

Most worn
sewn: tie between the cream and long blue Swoon cardis; runner-up is the Lekala skirt. No surprises there. Except for it being cold enough for the long blue cardigan so late in the month.
crocheted: Nothing! I wore nothing I crocheted, not even the scarves.
jewellery: tie between the bruised candy apple and cherry blossom earrings

What to take away from this? Aside from the UFO thing, I met my goals for this year's MMM. Sort of. On average, I wore two me-mades every day; the no-planning thing meant there were days where grabbing a cardigan was the only thing that fulfilled the pledge, and others (mostly jammie-only days) where it just didn't happen. On the plus side, I didn't realize I had made or refashioned so many tops - I wore tops max twice, most only once, and I didn't wear every top I've made; and yet I wore a me-made top 23 times in May. I didn't wear as many dresses as I have done in past MMMs, which I was expecting because I'd rather go for a knit dress for work, and I've only made one of those^**. I will continue focusing on sewing separates and maybe making more knit dresses.

On to the irregular wrap-up. Since January, I've sewn on average about one thing per month: a pair of ecru flannel Tofinos; a Marfy blouse; two more Swoon scarf-neck cardigans: the long blue and the yet-to-be-blogged lacy blue; white tees (Cake and Bonny, although these are currently in the UFO pile); and a breton Bronte.

Crochet-wise, I finished the Rosemary and Wine sweater I started last December and made a chunky rib-knit cowl, but did not finish my Spring Steppes cardigan. Jewellery-wise, I made a long-awaited pair of Eva earrings in aquamarine and a pair of bronze block chandeliers, which I will blog at some point.

So, onto my future plans. And by future, I mean until the end of June.

I need to take advantage of the lab benches to get as much cut out as I can. I've been sewing-dared by Gillian to sew something by a non-Sewaholic Canadian designer and/or to make a pair of wide-legged trousers. This is the impetus I need to finally trace and cut my Jalie jeans pattern and make the Wearing History Smooth Sailing trousers. This last will also be part of my Vintage Pledge. July is Lingerie month with the Sewcialists, so I could try out to sort out my fitting issues with the Measure Twice Cut Once Mary knickers and make some Tofinos -- I've had a plaid flannel pair cut out for ages, and even though it's far too hot to wear, I started sewing them up so I can use them to see how to modify the pattern for the DC's pair.


But that's just stuff to cut out at school. My real plan is to finish my UFOs before I do any new sewing. For starters, I'm going to fix the gaping neckline on my LGRAB Anna to wear to commencement, and deal with the issues on the Bonny tee.

And then? I will finish that cardigan!

^*Yes, I am aware of the irony of sewing new items but not having enough time to finish old ones.

^**For day use, anyway.