Design your Wardrobe week 1

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I needed some structure and vision in my sewing journey. And apparently there were more like me (nope, i’m not a special snowflake): Seamwork Magazine came to the rescue!

They designed an 4 week program to help you plan your wardrobe. You can enroll twice a year and I decided to enter this February. It’s free, but you have to be a Seamwork Member (active or paused membership, it doesn’t matter)

Every workday for 4 weeks you get an email with dispatches, food for thought & worksheets. And step by step you getting closer to designing your wardrobe. That is a lovely result eh? But there is work to do. A lot.
There is a Design Your Wardrobe Facebook group and it totally took over my timeline. I loved it (because it all are very positive posts & all abouw sewing, what’s not to love?) but when the course started and I couldn’t start immediately, I got a bit overwhelmed with all the input the other students were giving. Lees verder “Design your Wardrobe week 1” →

Halfway MeMadeMay

mei 16, 2017mei 16, 2017 NikiFinished, handmade wardrobe, memademay, MMMay, My Makes, Niki, sewing, sewmystyle, work in progressEen reactie plaatsen

It’s May 16th and I documented my outfit almost every day. I am pretty impressed by myself, because normally i’m not really dutifully 🙂

For every day (except one) I wore at least one Me Made garment and still haven’t worn every garment i made! I’m very proud of it, because I’m sewing since September 2015 so that’s 1,5 years now.
Also I’m good at thrifted clothing. My jeans are mostly from garage sales/ thriftshops. And all my RTW clothes are with me for a long, long time. Lees verder “Halfway MeMadeMay” →

MeMadeMay17

april 21, 2017april 22, 2017 Nikidiy, handmade wardrobe, me made, memademay, MMMay, My Makes, Niki, sewing, wardrobe, work in progressEen reactie plaatsen

It is almost May and that means it’s time for MeMadeMay!
Last year I tried to join, but because I only started sewing 4 months earlier, I didn’t have much me made clothes.
This year I’m in for real.
Well, I did took the pledge at Zoë’s Blog (the organizer of MMMay17)

I, Niki, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May ’17. I endeavour to wear a MeMade garment each day for the duration of May 2017 and to discover which garments i’m missing in my wardrobe. I want to have a sewing plan for the “missing” garments at the end of May.

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How to make your own stamps and stamp your fabric

januari 4, 2017januari 20, 2017 Nikifabric, sewing, sewmystyle, toaster sweater 2, work in progressEen reactie plaatsen

Jeez, that’s a long title. But sums it up pretty well 🙂

This is superfun to do with your kid!

(or alone, because who need kids for fun stuff: I enjoyed it tremendously)

Your own drawings (designs!) on your t-shirts, dresses, table clothes, leggings, handkerchiefs, quilts, beddings, dishclothes, cardigans.. I think you get the picture.

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Sewing plans – 2017

januari 1, 2017januari 20, 2017 Nikiplanning, sewing, sewmystyle, work in progressEen reactie plaatsen

Happy New Year!

I started my sewing plans for 2017 with a kick start. I spend New Years Eve making stamps and decorating t-shirts and fabric with Ieke (my 6 year old) and my mum.

The fabric of my Toaster Sweater 2 and the birthday dress of Ella (and Ieke’s very similar dress 🙂 ) were made.
After dinner I was so tired and I was afraid I couldn’t keep my eyes open till 12. So I just kept going. Ironing (so much fabric!), cutting out the Toaster Sweater pieces and tracing the Saunio Cardigan pieces. Pretty pleased with myself for keeping myself awake, gheghe.

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NY resolution #sewmystyle

december 5, 2016december 29, 2016 Nikisewing, sewmystyle, work in progress2 reacties

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Een heel vroeg voornemen. Ik doe mee aan #sewmystyle: 12 kledingstukken maken in 12 maanden. En niet in mijn eentje, maar via Instagram georganiseerd project met deelnemers over de hele wereld! Alex Bartholomew heeft dit bedacht en uitgewerkt. Vet tof!

Nu de patronen eens goed bestuderen en misschien (stiekem) een beetje vooruit werken. Want ik merkte dit jaar dat de zomervakantie een naaistop betekende.

Wordt vervolgd!

So these are the items in the Project #sewmystyle sewalong starting in January! (Yes I know there’s only 11, not 12, pictured here and that’s because one of them will be a new release from Named Clothing next year!) Do any of these take your fancy? If they do, then follow the link in the bio to sign up for the sewalong and discounts on these fab patterns! #sewcialists #makersgonnamake #handmadewardrobe #sewalong @alexbartholomew_ @namedclothing @megannielsenpatterns @sewhouse7 @sarahblaho @byhandlondon

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A very early NY resolution: I’m joining #sewmystyle: 12 pieces of garments in 12 months. And not just by myself, but in a through Instagram organised project with participants all around the world! Alex Bartholomew is the organiser. SO COOL!

Now I need to use my time wisely to check out the patterns and maybe try to (secretly) do something beforehand. Because last year I noticed the summer vacation means a sewing stop for me.

To be continued!

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Work in progress: Waverjacket

december 5, 2016januari 20, 2017 Nikicoat, sewing, waverjacket, work in progressEen reactie plaatsen

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EEN JAS! Ik ben een jas aan het maken. Met capuchon, tot net boven de knieën. Het patroon is de Waverjacket, van Papercut Patterns. Ik dacht: ik maak eerst een toile (een proef), om te kijken of er veel aan veranderd moet worden. Door de reviews was ik al een maat kleiner gegaan, en dat was niet verkeerd.

Maar ik vind deze versie al zó leuk, dat ik hem helemaal ga afmaken!

Ik wacht nu op de neonroze gewatteerde voering die ik net heb besteld, zodat ik verder kan. (ja, neonroze. NEONROZE)

De stof is een broeken/jassenstof, een beetje stug katoen, een melange van bruin/grijs/zwart. Oorsprong onbekend: ik heb deze stof gekregen van Willemijn!

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