Me-Made-May13 Day 11-14

Day 11

What I wore  in the day: 

• Mauve satin skirt  - self drafted
• White blouse - Burda pattern 7831 

What I wore at night:

• Black pullover - self drafted
• Rainbow Pride Dress  - self drafted
• Shiny Green Leggings  - self drafted

Day 12

What I wore:

• Blue polka dot dress
• Black sparkly leggings
• Navy singlet

I think this was maybe only the second time I have worn this dress even though I made it years ago. It is sheer and I don't have a proper petticoat to wear under it but I finally realised I could wear it with leggings and it would look ok.

Day 13

What I wore:

• Flowers, Indian headdresses and Tiger print dress
• Green sparkly leggings
• Blue striped singlet

This dress I think had it's third outing ever. I made it a year and a half ago. I love the print but it is nylon and not very nice against the skin. I put it on in the morning and was going to take it off straight away because it felt so scratchy but then I thought I have been doing so well not repeating any dresses so I kept it on and after a while I didn't even really notice the roughness of the fabric.

Day 14

What I wore:

• Blue striped jacket
• Black scallop dress
• Leopard leggings

I repeated a dress for the first time this month. It is in a totally different outfit this time. It was coooooold today. As if we are heading into autumn already rather than into summer.

Hoop Outfit for Rózsa

One of my friends from hoop class asked me to make her costume for the aerial hoop competition we were in.

It's basically a unitard made from shiny semi-sheer fabric with opaque fabric to cover the most important parts ;) It zips up the back.

Rózsa was so great in the competition. I wish I had videos of everyone's performance.

Me-Made-May13 Days 8-10

This month is passing very quickly. So far I have managed to not repeat any complete outfits. A few garments I have worn more than once, but not in the same combinations.

Day 8

What I wore: 

• Black scallop dress - self drafted
• Black pullover - self drafted
• Black sparkly leggings - self drafted

I really like this outfit a lot but forgot to ask anyone to take a pic for me. 

Day 9

What I wore: 

• Grey Jonny Dress

After work I went to hoop class.

What I wore: 

• Cutout leotard - self drafted
• Navy leggings - self drafted

Day 10

I went round to my friend Adorjan's for dinner. His sister cooked for us. It was so good. Adorjan is an artist so he just happened to have this huge frame lying around which seemed perfect for my pic of the day.

What I wore:

• Blue floral dress - Burda 7829 

Later on it got colder so I got changed to go out for a drink or two.

What I wore:

• Black pullover - self drafted
• Black and white striped dress - self drafted
• Shiny green leggings - self drafted

Aerial Hoop Competition

I have been going to aerial hoop classes for the past year or so. There are four of us who have been learning together for most of that time. It's a nice little group, we practise together most weeks. A few months ago the dance school I go to announced that there would be a amateur aerial arts and pole dance competition on April 28th. My wonderful aerial hoop teacher, Helga, told us we had to enter... I was a bit reluctant at first. I'm pretty shy and to get up on stage in front of hundreds of people and "dance"...  Scary! Helga talked us all into it though and was so encouraging and helpful. It was nice to have a goal - something to really work towards. We had a few stressful months of getting ready. Lots of extra practise, workshops, I went to more stretch classes and dance classes. Working out our choreographies, choosing songs, deciding what to wear.

The night before the competition I couldn't sleep. I was so nervous.

I went to the venue. Not too long after that Helga arrived. She is amazing. She brought a huge bag full of chocolate for us! She helped with our makeup, covered us in glitter. Glitter on our eyelids, on our arms and body, in our hair... I think Helga was just as nervous as us.

With all the girls after the competition

The hoop was the first category which was good because then I got to watch the aerial silk and pole dance when my own performance was done. I didn't win but I had such a great time!

I had this vision in my head of myself in black sequins. I hunted all over the city for black stretch sequin fabric. I went to about six different fabric shops. It does not seem to exist in Budapest. You can get it any other colour, even orange. In the end I found some beautiful blue sequinned fabric. It was a BITCH to sew. I broke so many needles. And they didn't break like normal where the tip of the needle stays attached to the thread, these ones went flying at me so I ended up sewing in sunglasses.

I designed and drafted the pattern.

I love sequins. I have used sequins in so many outfits over the years. I made a little mistake this time choosing square sequins. They had sharp little points which stuck into my legs. So painful. I had to remove all of the sequins from the edges of the hems individually. It all worked out in the end though. It has flesh coloured mesh at the top and black lining fabric under the sequins. I made my slippers too and hand sewed sequins on them.

Me Made May - Days 1-7

The first week of Me-Made-May 2013 has been really fun. Lots of work but lots of fun stuff too.

Day 1

This was a big public holiday here. I had lunch with a friend at one of my fave cafes then went to work. Spring lasted about a week here, it basically went straight from Winter to Summer. It's very hot already!

What I wore:

• "Nyar van" dress - Burda pattern 8693

Earlier in the day I went to the gym, did some weights and stretching, then some swimming. I looooooove the gym I go to, they have the most beautiful pool. Sorry, I didn't get any pics there though.

What I wore:

• Blue striped singlet
• Purple shorts
• New turquoise and black bikini

Day 2

What I wore: 

• Red and pink plaid dress
• Black jumper

I went to aerial hoop class. It was fun. For the last few months we have been practising our choreographies without much changes, trying to perfect them, but this day we tried to learn some new tricks for once. Not so successful yet but will get there!

What I wore: 

• Black fringed leotard
• Navy leggings

Day 3

Worked for most of the day. I told my colleagues in the morning that I wanted to make x amount  from selling stuff to pay for a photo shoot I wanted to do that evening. The whole day we didn't sell anything at all so I was really considering skipping the shoot. 10 minutes before my shift finished I made the amount I wanted plus 50 forint (0.15 euro). It was like magic! Maybe I should say my financial goals aloud everyday!

What I wore: 

• Turkish Flowers Dress - Burda pattern 7829

Then I went to the photo shoot. It was really enjoyable. I will post the pics from it soon.

Later in the evening I went out with my friends. Got drunk. Had fun :)

Didn't know this fox but he was happy to take pics with us.

What I wore: 

• Birthday Mullet Dress - modified Jonny pattern
• Black sparkly leggings - self drafted
• Blue striped Jacket - Burda 7757

Day 4

I was a wee bit hungover so stayed in bed quite late. In the afternoon I went to the Mai Mano photo museum. They have some very thought provoking exhibitions at the moment. It's so interesting to see a glimpse of how other people live.

What I wore: 

• Polka Dots Stripes and Scallops Dress - the yoke based on Danielle pattern, the rest self drafted

Day 5

What I wore:

• Scallop neck polka dot dress - bodice based on Danielle pattern, the rest self drafted
• Lavender petticoat - self drafted, hidden :)
• Blue striped Jacket - Burda 7757

I worked all day. Then I went out for a drink later and randomly ran into the fox guys from Friday night!

Day 6

What I wore:

• Black and white dress - I modified a free pattern from Burda Fashion.

Day 7

 

What I wore:

• Pink top - self drafted
• Denim shorts - Burda mag pattern March 2011

I had the whole day off work. It was so nice after 8 days in a row working. I spent the morning doing lots of sewing then went to pole dance class.

What I wore:

• Black cutout leotard - self drafted

Then I went to aerial silk class. I don't usually do silk. It was fun but hurt like hell.

What I wore: 

• Black fringe leotard - self drafted
• Grey leopard leggings - self drafted

Me-Made-May 2013

I have been wondering for the last few weeks whether to sign up for Me-Made-May '13 or not. I have participated in most of the me-made/self-stitched challenges Zoe has organised in the past few years. I know I can manage a month wearing me-made clothes. Probably the most challenging part is taking photos everyday (and that's not even a requirement. But I wouldn't take part in it and not take photos...).

I don't want to miss out on all the fun though - it is so nice to see what everyone is wearing and what they are up during the month. So I am making it a little harder for myself this year.

 'I, Jodi Wade of Jodi Made, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '13. I endeavour to wear only me-made garments (with the exception of lingerie, hosiery and shoes) each day for the duration of May 2013 and to wear each outfit max. once per week and also, to make and wear at least 4 new garments'

I have quite a lot of me-made clothes but I do have my favourites that I like to wear over and over so limiting the repeats will be hard for me.

I think I will do a weekly post of my outfits so as not to drive you crazy filling up your blog feeds. And also, to not make myself crazy :)

Fringed leotard

Hi! I haven't blogged in months. Not because I haven't been making anything, but I haven't been able to take photos (my camera battery went kaput. I NEED a new camera!). A blog post just doesn't feel right to me without photos.

I have actually been doing quite a lot of sewing. I bought an overlocker late last year. I love it so much. I splurged on a Babylock. Seriously, it is my baby. I never imagined I could love a machine like this. It THREADS ITSELF. It's like magic! I used to have an overlocker a million years ago when I lived in NZ but I never used it because it would always unthread and it was a bitch to rethread. But my Babylock.... Love...

I made this leotard a few months ago. Now I wear it every week at hoop class. At first it was a little plain.

So I added a fringe to it. I used a strip of the same fabric and put cuts in it all the way around. A little movement to a garment makes me happy.

My friend Sam was lovely enough to take lots of photos for me the other day. You can see some more of his pics on his Tumblr.