{"id":3786,"date":"2018-04-25T19:01:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T23:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailysew.com\/?p=3786"},"modified":"2018-04-25T19:01:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T23:01:25","slug":"me-made-may-2018-slowing-down-sewing-smarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/me-made-may-2018-slowing-down-sewing-smarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Me-Made-May 2018 &#8211; Slowing Down &#038; Sewing Smarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3787\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-4-tds-me-made-may-main.jpg\" alt=\"Me-Made-May 2018 self-sewn clothing\" width=\"1000\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-4-tds-me-made-may-main.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-4-tds-me-made-may-main-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-4-tds-me-made-may-main-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-4-tds-me-made-may-main-640x430.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote\" style=\"float:left; width:300px\"><\/p>\n<p>I, Mary of The Daily Sew and\u00a0@thedailysew sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May &#8217;18.<\/p>\n<p>I endeavor to make a concerted effort to wear my me-mades\u00a0more often and to figure out why I don&#8217;t wear them more. Is it the fit? the color? the style?<\/p>\n<p>I will be more attentive to what is working and what is not before starting more sewing projects or buying more patterns this May 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And that&#8217;s my pledge this year.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m done with sewing clothes that don&#8217;t work for me. And buying patterns when I own more unused patterns than used patterns.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for me to, once again, step back, look at the bigger picture, and think about a few things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do I want to wear?<\/li>\n<li>What do I want to sew?<\/li>\n<li>What do I have success\u00a0with?<\/li>\n<li>What styles do I think are cute but not right for me? (personality wise, need wise and or body wise)<\/li>\n<li>What styles are for me? Do I want to sew these things?<\/li>\n<li>Solids or prints?<\/li>\n<li>Colors?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be taking notes this May as I wear my mish-mash of self-made clothes. Join me and hundreds of other sewers in Me-Made-May this year. Your pledge can be whatever you want &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sozowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.co.uk\/2018\/04\/me-made-may-18-sign-up-here.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; And that&#8217;s my pledge this year. I&#8217;m done with sewing clothes that don&#8217;t work for me. And buying patterns when I own more unused patterns than used patterns. It&#8217;s time for me to, once again, step back, look at the bigger picture, and think about a few things: What do I want to wear? 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