Me Made May - Week Three!

Moody British Picnics Dress | When Life Gives You Lemons Skirt | Last of the Summer Gingham Dress | Check-ah-Check-ow Dress | When Life Gives you Lemons Skirt

Okay. So. I promise I do have a few non-MMM-round up posts in the pipeline, but I've been a busy bee and my photographer/best friend has been otherwise engaged so there has been less time to take proper photos of some things I've made/worn, and I'm putting actual effort into dressing at the moment!

I think it's safe to say that the red gingham Butterick B5880 is my most worn dress so far - and I'm honestly thinking of making a few more of them in different colours because they're so easy to wear and get a lot of attention.
Of course, I managed to wear exactly the same outfit on Tuesday and Saturday, but I went to three gigs this week (Girugamesh's last London show before they disband and two Funeral For A Friend gigs - the last. ever. shows. I cried a lot) and I really like the harness and striped skirt combo. It's like a slightly 'edgier' look than my usual style, which is something new for me.

How is everyone else getting on with their challenges? I'm finding it surprisingly easy, but then again I'm outfit repeating constantly! Clearly I need to get back on my machine soon!

Me Made May - Week Two!

Check-Ah-Check-Ow Dress | How on Earth do you Pronounce 'Dirndl' Anyway? Skirt | Platform Closed Swirl | Last of the Summer Gingham Dress

Another week, another challenge completed! I managed to wear handmade 4/7 days which I'm pretty proud of.

We're only on week two and I've already worn two dresses twice, but I'm coming closer to the realisation I just love easy to wear dresses like the black and the red gingham ones here. Clearly I need to make more in summery colours! 

So far all I'm learning from this challenge is that I clearly need to make some more clothes I wear a lot, because what I really want to do is wear gingham 24/7.

How is #MeMadeMay going for you guys?

As always you can follow my #MMMay16 progress daily on Instagram here, and I'm also Snapping my outfits each day on Snapchat (search for melodyxmae), if you're so inclined!

Me Made May - Week One!

So we're one week down on Me Made May and I managed to stick to my goal and wore handmade for four days out of the week last week!

Originally I thought I'd have some sort of revelation about my style and what to wear during the Spring transition period, but the UK decided to surprise us with actual summer weather which has been pretty easy to dress for as a lot of my sewing is either straight up winter or straight up summer.

Although the one thing I am starting to realise very quickly is that I don't actually have that much handmade stuff - so apologies as I'm sure you'll see repeats a lot over the next month!

As always you can follow my #MMMay16 progress daily on Instagram here, and I'm also Snapping my outfits each day on Snapchat (search for melodyxmae), if you're so inclined!

Me Made May!

We're going to pretend I'm not completely late for sign up or pledging, here!

If you happen to be part of the sewing blogosphere, MMMAY is nothing new, and you're probably bombarded already by blog and Instagram posts. But for those followers I have that are scratching their heads, let me explain!

Me Made May was the brain child of So, Zo... six years ago as encouragement for people who make their own clothes to actually wear and learn from their handmade garments. It consists of pledging to a personal goal and keeping to it (something I'm bloody awful at) so why not?
So, for the world to see! This is my pledge;

 'I, Melody of bourbonandbras.blogspot.co.uk and the instagram @melodymae, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '16. I endeavour to wear self made garments at the very least three times a week through the duration of May 2016. Each day will be recorded on Instagram, and a weekly roundup will be posted on Wednesdays on my blog.

I'm hoping this will bring me a lot of inspiration for holes in my wardrobe, as well as ideas for future and present blog posts.

You can follow my progress on Instagram @MelodyMae, which will be hash tagged with the official #mmmay16 tags, plus all future hand made outfits will feature the hashtag #melodymade, too!
I'll see you next Wednesday to see just how well we're doing.

Is anyone else joining?