Michee Rose

Sewing, crafting and whatever else pops into my head

Me-Made-May 2016

Oh yeah…yet another stab at blogging. 🙂 My last blog post…MMMay15. Sigh. But here goes again: I, Michee Rose (@elfieodette on Twitter & Instagram, micheerose.com), sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May ’16. I endeavor wear at least one me-made

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Me-Made-May ’15

Wow, it’s been a year since I’ve posted. So many changes, so much sewing. I’m going to try posting a bit more (and other exciting changes). But I think I’ll start small and post this year’s MMM pledge. I, Michee Rose,

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Me-Made-May 2014

I, Michee Rose, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May ’14. I endeavour to wear one Me-Made item each day for the duration of May 2014. This includes activewear and loungewear, but excludes “grubwear” (i.e. junky clothes to work in

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Progress

I haven’t been in my sewing room much. I’ve been working on a couple of costumes (almost entirely hand sewn while watching House of Cards). I’ll show those when I’m finished (although they’ve been previewed on social media). I’ve also

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Something of an oxymoron

Why an oxymoron? Well, I have a pair of quiet corduroy slacks! My first completed make of the year is a new-to-me pattern: Collette Juniper’s (trousers with a moderate-to-wide leg). Let me just say: J’adore! I made them from regular wale

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I’m not dead yet!

Just a quick post to say hi. No finished objects to show just yet. I’ve been prepping for shows (success!), then vacation (fun!) and then recovering from vacation. 🙂 I finally made it into my sewing room yesterday, but I’ve

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Sweatshop Sewing

Rest assured, I have not given up sewing after a packed month of Me-Made-May. No, not nearly. I have, however, been doing relatively uninteresting sewing. I’ve been sweatshop ping armbands for our studio swap meet and boutique, the swap being

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MMM week four and wrap-up

So here it is, halfway through the first week in June, and I’m finally writing my Me-Made-May wrap-up post. Overall, it was a success. I did wear me-made items every day and photograph it every day. It was an interesting

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