Hey all. Having fun in 2015 yet?
2014 was definitely not my best year, but I’m moving forward and hoping to get some inspiration in all facets of my life. I did, interestingly enough, attend exactly four weddings and a funeral in 2014, and wore the same dress to the first three weddings and the same dress to the last wedding and the funeral. When I like a me-made, I REALLY like a me-made. Plus the no overlap of wedding attendees helped. Posting pics just for documentation. As sewing blog photos go, they utterly suck. Here’s a full-length view of the beloved dress, McCalls 6559, stitched sometime during Me-Made-May 2014. I can’t recommend this pattern highly enough. Super easy, and the funner the print, the better!! It’s made of an ITY knit and I just adore it, obviously.
Here’s me with my mother-in-law (brief rundown–I’m not married, but my boyfriend’s family have married me so there you go. Keeps it simple.) at wedding #1 in New Jersey
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And wedding #2 in Ohio, with the beautiful brides.
Third wedding, in West Virginia, Lenny-less as in #2, so still stuck with selfies. The bride has only been my friend for 40 years, and we managed not to get a photo together. Utter fail!
I do love this shot, and it has annoyingly been my Facebook profile picture since June. Sorry for the lack of variety, FB friends.
Wedding 4 was in late September back here in New Jersey, and I couldn’t get away with the maxi again because it was a family wedding and way too many people saw it in May. The wedding photographer caught this sweet moment, and as much as I hate this angle (Could I BE any wider?), it’s a nice shot of the boy and myself, with my beautiful angelic friend (and mother of the groom) Pam smiling in the background.
The dress is my other favorite pattern, the full-wrap Vogue 8379. I will be making at least a few more of these before the end of winter/spring.
Dudettes, seriously, if you enjoy easy knits but somehow don’t have these patterns, your life is not complete. Use my handy links and order them next time there’s a BMV sale.
Let’s end with the weddings, shall we? I try to avoid the maudlin in my social media. I’ll just say that it’s been kind of an awful couple of months, and I’ve already had a funeral in 2015.
Moving forward.
I’ll be bahhhhhhk, sooner than later. Maybe with a belated Jungle, uh, February frock. Thanks to my new followers who are keeping the sewing faith even though I haven’t posted in ages. You are so very appreciated, along with the lovelies who have checked in on me (You know who you are, Nothy 😉 ) and my extraordinarily crafty Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook friends.
MAJOR HUGS
Shelley