Sudden (me-made!) summer!

After WEEKS of whining that Dublin was still distressingly cold and non-summery, we suddenly have warm weather and sunshine! It's sufficiently pleasant that I am, in fact, writing this blog post on my apartment balcony in the sun, with factor 30 on to protect my dead-fish-white skin from burning.

More to the sewing-blog-point, I am ALSO suddenly thoroughly enjoying the fact that I started sewing for this weather long before it seemed at all likely to happen. The Met Eireann tweeted "Highs of 24-28C" this morning and I was absolutely spoiled for me-made choices when I reached into my closet to get dressed. Today, I ended up in my purple Burda skirt and purple polka dot Kitschy Coo raglan tee. I've worn the t-shirt a good half dozen times at least since I made it (even though it's a "wearable muslin" and the sleeves are really seriously two sizes too small on me), but this is the first time I've worn the skirt for more than just trying on/photography/fitting purposes. I actually LOVE the skirt now I've worn it most of a day, except that the fabric creases like crazy so now I look like a hobo. At the time I made this I had so many problems getting the back waist and hip to fit that I said I wouldn't make the pattern again, but now I am wondering whether that was a hasty call pre-wear!

Note to self: it's annoying when you can't immediately wear the stuff you've made, but it's awesome when the season you sewed for finally rolls around :D

I've been sort of vaguely planning ahead for the rest of my summer sewing, although in reality it's going to be rather interrupted over the next six weeks. I have a week of hospital appointments in the UK (lucky me, I continue to be a medical mystery, so I get to go and have ever more exotic tests run on me) next week, and then of course I have to get the Great International Move (2014 edition) underway in mid-July so everything will need to get packed up and moved and then unpacked and re-organized in my new place (which yes, will ALSO have a sewing room/spare room set-up, though tbh, mostly sewing room since my hostessing prowess is mostly untested).

However, the big question mark I have is about whether to do the PR mini-wardrobe competition before I leave in July. I REALLY want to, for once, because assuming that when the rules are announced (Which must be soon, surely? This isn't a competition you can do without time to plan!) they are the basic '4 items, 4 outfits' rules like last year, I have SUCH A GREAT IDEA, and also, all the fabric I need for it. This is the only competition where the fact that there's zero chance I'd win and the competitions are mostly pointless doesn't even put me off. I just like the idea of making little collections of clothes, okay, I'm a nerd that way. So yes, if the rules go up and are the normal thing, I have A Plan, and I will no doubt tell you ALL ABOUT IT in excruciating detail when/if the rules go live.

Who else is in for mini-wardrobing? I love seeing people's plans and how they put things together.