Me-Made Garments in Everyday Life

Okay so I promised you pictures of how I typically wear some of my made garments when I was in Vancouver (for those who missed it - I realized while unpacking that I'd included two me-made garments without really thinking of them as me-mades - just normal clothing).  I took some shoddy mirror pictures of the outfits I'd put together for the last two days of meetings, as I normally wear them.  Both involve the same boring grey leggings and my black cowboy boots, but they're difficult to see in these pictures.

Here's how I normally wear my Cardboard Cafe cardigan.  I'll sometimes pair them with a black or grey t-shirt and jeans, but this is my favourite.  In fact, it's my favourite outfit period, and I'm considering replicating this tank dress in black (and other colours?) if I can.  It's probably the most wearable garment I own, and I feel awesome in it (especially with this cardigan.

It's uh, grown even more since I finished it last summer.  A lesson well learned about just how well alpaca grows!

Here's that unblogged tunic I mentioned before.  I was dicking around in my sewing room one day, wanting to make a woven tunic but not having any patterns I really wanted to sew.  So I pulled out my Linden pattern, did a few mods (lengthen the bodice, add some width to the hips and a bit in the bust, cut a larger sized sleeve, and did a split "waistband") and threw this together.

I ADORE the top, but there's a few issues.  I could use a bit more room at the hips, mostly for the ease of sitting, and the sleeves are still a bit tight at the bicep.  I also think I need to add a gusset to the armpit - I can get into the top just fine and there's a good range of motion while wearing it, but I have to do some serious wiggling to get out of the damn thing let me tell you!

And just for fun, here's me wearing my Amethyst Henri at Rendezvous (our winter festival) the last weekend of February, nomming on a bannock doughnut.  It was an incredibly mild day, so I rocked the sweater with a long-sleeve t-shirt underneath and my trusty Hampton toque.  I wear this sweater probably more often than I should, usually just with jeans and a necklace or black scarf.

Do you have any you-made garments that you don't really think of as anything but normal parts of your wardrobe?  I remember when I'd deliberately wearing garments I'd made because I'd made them (no matter how poorly they fit or the suited my tastes.  I guess this means that the New Years goal I set last year about only making things I'd love and wear has really paid off!