channeling my inner liberace

today's me-made outfit consists of the recon jeans (again) plus an old favourite: the purple ruffled tux shirt:



i had looked for a vintage one for ages that was roughly my size before giving up and diy-ing it. i don't think i'll ever do this kind of ruffle again: they were annoying! but, years later, still love the shirt.

hmm

if my pics are blurry normally, they are much worse with the participation of the kiddo!



i think this dress is my favourite thing i own that i've made. and on the subway tonight a stranger stopped to say "i love your dress!"

breakthrough!

i finally committed the lace trim for my bed jacket to memory! woo hoo! did 4 repeats on the morning commute; at this rate it will just take... 10 or so more business days to finish this thing? at any rate it will certainly be done well in advance of my end-of-july deadline, and i think i'll enter into the fenelon fair as well!

in me-made news, i'm wearing one of my favourite me-made dresses today! will post a photo later. it's made of the cutest fabric ever, a pink and orange gingham printed with butterflies and dragonflies!

strawberry party

strawberries are in season! yay. we had a second breakfast (after the kiddo's karate class; we had homemade cinnamon buns before) of pancakes with strawberries and chocoloate syrup!





i am trying to remember if i have posted my recipe for pancakes before...





our last wintry dinner (inspired by the cold and cloudy weather we've had here lately) was coq au vin with mashed potatoes. those herbs are from our back yard:



for dessert we were back to strawbs, with a strawberry rhubarb pie. the rhubarb came courtesy of amylovesred, and the green sugar on top was the kiddo's idea.



looks gorgeous, but i'm sad to say that even though i let it cool for hours, it was awfully runny when we sliced it up. recipe was from the usually-reliable joy of baking - use at your peril!

graduation day!

a quick snap of the family on graduation day! the skirt is from this tutorial. the top is a linen/cotton blend; i made a pencil skirt out of the same fabric, too (still haven't finished the hem though). tg's shirt is also one i made from scratch. sadly, the kiddo had taken off his vintage bowtie by this point.

whoops

i cleverly forgot my camera at home, so no me-made photos today. but here's a fuzzy mobile snap of the almost finished collar of my bed jacket!

a quick and easy me-made tutorial

here's a terrible photo of today's me-made outfit:



the jeans are actually a recon job from a couple of summers ago. the top is probably the easiest-ever thing i have made: two identical pieces of fabric, stiched up the sides and shoulders, with turned-under edges at the neck, armholes, and hem. here's a quick diagram showing how - n.b. the fabric must be stretchy!



tomorrow i'm planning on wearing my flowered half-circle skirt along with a top i made on the weekend, but i don't know if i'll have time for photographs/blogging it till the end of the day - the kiddo is graduating pre-school! kind of ridiculous, really, but we're having fun with it. his bowtie is ready to go!