Day 4 - Self-challenge: Daytime glitter and glam

I made this Chainmail-like knit dress with buckle detail last year and I had only worn it once! Sacrilege! :-) It needed to see some daylight!

 I decided to wear it today with a thrifted long black cardigan, thrifted belt, black tights and thrifted ankle boots:

I like how the buckle and the glittery knit fabric was peeking out from the otherwise all black ensemble. Fun! It's a very comfy dress. I really should wear it more often.

Looking forward to tomorrow's outfit!

Day 3 - Self-Challenge: Daytime Glitter and Glam

Today I decided to wear some brocade for daytime. I chose this antique gold brocade dress that I made (New look 6752). I think I wore this less than a handful of times since I made it a few years ago. It's time for the dress to see some daylight:

I added a denim shirt, a thrifted skinny belt and brown boots for this daytime look:

I'm glad to have trotted this old dress out again! It's actually not too difficult to wear these more dressy garments during the day. I just have to put a little more thought into the outfit. Looking forward to tomorrow's outfit!

Day 2 - Self-Challenge: Daytime Glitter and Glam

For day 2 of the challenge, I chose this XL white brocade pants that I altered/refashioned last year:

I think I have worn it less than 5 times in the last year. Why? I thought it was too dressy for everyday wear. Well, I don't care anymore! ;-) I wore it today with a dark denim jacket, a thrifted grey t-shirt, and thrifted black ankle boots. I think it definitely doesn't look as dressy anymore. In fact, it just looks like a regular pair of white jeans:

Looking forward to tomorrow's daytime glam outfit!

October MAGAM project plan - A Self-drafted Plaid skirt

I have been making garments and accessories with my existing fabric stash for quite a few years now. However, the stash just doesn't look like it's getting significantly smaller. Yes! I have a monster fabric stash!

I have been wanting to make a self-drafted square skirt (a.k.a handkerchief hem skirt) for a while. The idea just has been in my mind for a very long time. I think I'm actually going to do it this month. This is a brief sketch of it:

I have chosen to use this red/black plaid wool blend tweed fabric in my stash. I have previously used it to make a big scarf and a hat (see here).

I plan to make it with an elastic waist. It should be a relatively easy to make skirt. I hope it will turn out well enough for me to wear this Fall/Winter season!

Day 1 - Self-Challenge: Daytime Glitter and Glam

I thrifted this beautiful sequined tank top from my local thrift store a couple of months ago. I hadn't worn it until yesterday:

I decided to wear it with a thrifted blue plaid shirt, thrifted black leggings and black ankle boots to tone it down:

I actually like that the sparkles are peeping out from the casual plaid shirt. It jazzes up the casual outfit just a little bit. Looking forward to another sparkly/glam outfit tomorrow!

A New Self-Challenge: Glitter and Glam for Daytime

I had so much fun with the last self-challenge that I decided to start another self-challenge to 'explore' the rarely visited parts of my wardrobe.

I have lots of glitzy, shiny, glittery, sparkly, self-made clothes, self-refashioned clothes or thrifted clothes that I rarely wear. There just never seemed to be any occasions to wear them. I'm never invited to any weddings, engagement parties, New year's Eve party, etc. So I want to challenge myself in wearing these 'fancy' clothes for daytime. My objective is to wear these clothes in a casual, everyday way.

I'll be starting this 7 day challenge tomorrow. Hopefully it will be more fun than a headache!

Day 5 - Self-Challenge: Summer dresses for Fall

Okay! Last day of my self-challenge. I chose this self-made pink floral knit faux wrap dress that I wore often this past summer:

I topped it with a thrifted and refashioned oatmeal coloured merino wool tunic, beige belt and brown tall boots:

So this is it! I'm quite happy with this little self-challenge. It was great to put more thought into what I'm wearing each day as well as making sure the rarely worn items get worn!

Here is the little summer of the 5 day Summer Dresses for Fall challenge:

Now what other self-challenges should I do?

Day 4 - Self-challenge: Summer dresses for Fall

Today I chose this red floral knit sundress for the challenge. It was from a tried-and-true McCall 5671  pattern:

I wore it with a simple wool blend black cardigan and black tall boots:

It seems like my formula for wearing sleevesless sundresses in the Fall is to wear them with tall boots and wool cardigans.

Tomorrow is the last day of the challenge. Let's see if I can do something more creative with the outfit!

Day 3 - Self-challeng: Summer dresses for Fall

It's been fun with this challenge. Today I chose this thrifted and altered sporty tank dress for my challenge:

And this is how I wore it today:

I wore the ribbed knit tank dress with:
- thrifted tomato red wool blend cardigan/jacket
- black leather tall boots

This was quite an easy outfit to put together. The cardigan itself was a great find at the local thrift store last year. It's comfy to wear and looks a bit dressy. It goes with everything. One could go to the office with this outfit!

Looking forward to tomorrow's challenge!

Day 2 - Self-challeng: Summer dresses for Fall

Today I chose this dress for my challenge - a Cotton voile black and white print dress based on New Look 6615 (seen here):

And this is how I wore it:

 I wore the dress with:
- Teal wool/cotton cardigan
- black slip
- black tights
- thrifted black leather ankle boots

I feel so non-sloppy! Yay! Looking forward to tomorrow's challenge!

Day 1 - Self-Challenge: Summer dresses for Fall/Autumn

Today is the first day of my Self-Challenge: Summer dresses for Fall. I chose this self-refashioned white table cloth dress.

Today I wore this cap sleeves lace dress with:
- Thrifted burgundy Italian Merino wool cardigan
- Thrifted white slip
- Thrifted burgundy tall boots
- brown tights

And on top of all this, I wore my refashioned leather jacket to keep me toasty warm.

So far so good! Looking forward to tomorrow's 'desperate to hang on to summer outfit'!

It's getting cold! Time for a Self-Challenge!

This morning the temperature dropped below 10 Celsius. Really? The day before, it was still hot enough to wear a short sleeves shirt! My kids had their winter coats on this morning. My daughter was fighting me about it but as soon as we left the house, she begged to put the coat on.

I have been busy making plans for my Autumn 2015 wardrobe. There are so many things I want to make and wear with my current stash of fabrics and patterns. However, I thought I would set up a Self-Challenge for the next 5 days until I have finalized what I will be sewing.

The Self-Challenge is to wear summer dresses in cooler temperatures. I will be layering my summer dresses for the next 5 days in my 'desperate final attempt' to hang on to summer! LOL! I think it will be a fun challenge. I will be posting the pictures as the week goes by.