Self Stitched September round up

 I have done a pretty poor job of taking pictures these first few days of Self-Stitched September.  Instead of posting daily, I am going to do a weekly round up on either Saturday or Sunday from here on out.

On the 1st I wore the pink top I made back in April.  It was so hot that day that as soon as I got home from work I put on shorts and a different top and completely forgot about taking any sort of picture.

On the 2nd, I wore a pair of shorts I made last year for my SWAP.  I once again did not get a picture of me in them.  I promise I will be much better this coming week with taking pictures.


On the 3rd my Self-Stitched item is this light weight white top.  It was made quite a while ago and I don't think I ever blogged about it.

Yesterday, the 4th,  I purposefully did not take a picture!  Eric and I had a lazy day where we had absolutely no commitments.  So we laid around all day in our pj's and watched 5 Batman movies! Now, I do not wear my pj's outside the house, not even to get the mail, so I am not posting any pics of me in them online forever no matter how cute I think they are.  I think it is a slippery slope that will eventually end up in me at the grocery store with pj's, a ratty old t-shirt and slippers where Clinton Kelly and Stacy London come to take me to New York for a fashion intervention. 

Today, the 5th I wore a jacket I made a couple of years ago.  I figured that since Labor day tends to mark the end of summer vacation and the start of school, and the fact that it is only in the low 60's I would bust out my fall jacket.  I had never blogged about this piece either and I love love love it.  It was made using one of the Simplicity Project Runway patterns, but at the moment I just don't feel any desire to go dig through my patterns to figure out which one.  I used a woven plaid from Jo-Ann's for the shell. I lined it with this great shimmery blue cotton. I, also, underlined it for additional weight. 

My favorite part of this jacket is the buttons!  These are buttons that normally, I would look at and think 'Man, those are gaudy and ugly.  So, 80's.  Why do they still make this stuff? Who is buying it?' But this coat totally changed my mind. They were the perfect finishing touch.

I have enjoyed seeing and reading about what everyone else has been wearing this past week.  It is a lot of fun to be a part of this!