Swimwear Blog Tour

Today I am taking part of the swimwear blog tour, and the best part of it is that I made something for my husband. What? Yes! Can you spot it on today's posters collage below?! 

Let me tell you more about it. 

First things first, I used the Long Beach Board Shorts from Peek-a-Boo pattern shop. Although I follow Amy since the very start I have never used any of her patterns! What? Well yeah, that's true. It just never happened. I jumped at the change of trying one of them right now, AND sewing for my husband at the same time. 

It is official now. I am stepping away from tours and tests for now. I might pop in every now and then, but most of all, I want to find the joy in sewing away, which I lost. Anyway... I found it quite hard to find swimwear fabric around here, at least one my husband and I would like, so of course I did what I always do, dig into my refashion pile. 

I found two pairs of shorts from my husband needing a new life, but I also found a damaged jacket from a cousin. I used this lastest piece and one of the shorts (red red ones) to recycle into new shorts. At first I wasn't really convinced with the mix, but once I was done, it grew on me. I then showed them to their owner and he liked it, which was kind of a relief. I so want to sew more for him. 

I followed the instructions of the pattern, but did mine a bit shorter because I was refashioning and the red shorts I used weren't as long as this one. I reused the lining, but did a new pocket and a new waistband out of the jacket. My favourite feature is the eyelets and cord at the waistband. 

Check out what others did and find some swimwear inspiration... 

Monday, June 26

Sprouting JubeJube – Call Ajaire – Kutti Couture – Tales of A Tester – House of Estrela – Bellevi

Tuesday, June 27

Sprouting JubeJube – FABulous Home Sewn – Sew and Tell Project – Tales From A Southern Mom – My Heart Will Sew On

Wednesday, June 28

Lulu & Celeste – Adventures With Bubba and Bug – Momma You Can Make It – Marvelous Auntie M – Phat Quarters

Thursday, June 29

Lulu & Celeste – Filles à Maman & Jalie – Crazy Crafty Haute Mama – MeMade – 5 out of 4 Patterns – RikiPrints Custom Knit Fabrics

Friday, June 30

Lulu & Celeste – Little Heart Threads – Ronda B. Handmade – Bellevi – sewingbyti

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#MeMadeMade 2017 - Full Month Wrap Up -

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Esperava ter estado mais presente no blog durante o mês de Maio, e partilhas semanalmente as minhas peças feitas à mão, tal como adicionar a foto diária correspondente no IG. Infelizmente só consegui fazê-lo das primeiras 2-3 semanas, depois tornou-se mais difícil de o fazer, embora tenha de facto vestido as minhas peças o mês inteiro (com uma excepção, já vos conto) e também documentei com fotos cada dia. Aqui está o conjunto final do mês.

I was hoping to be more present through May and post my me mades every week on the blog, and add a daily photo on IG. Unfortunately  only did that for the first 2-3 weeks, then it got harder although I DID actually wear my handmades all month (well, there's an exception, I'll tell you about it in a bit) and I also documented every outfit too. Here is my final wrap from last month challenge. 

Como tinha dito anteriormente, o meu objetivo era vestir pelo menos uma peça feita por mim todos os dias de Maio. E queria evitar repetições também. E consegui? Terei estado eu à altura do desafio? Penso que posso dizer que sim. Apenas não o fiz um único dia (o que foi muito melhor do que no ano passado), não me apetecia mesmo nenhuma das peças que ainda não tinha vestido. Também vesti feitos à mão aos miúdos sempre que possível, embora eles usassem peças repetidas e eu não os tenha fotografado quando isso aconteceu.

As I told you before, my goal was to wear at least one piece made by me every single day of May. I was also aiming for no repeats. So, did I actually do it? Was I up for the challenge? I guess I can say I was. I missed one single day (which is way better than last year), I just wasn't feeling like any of the handmades I had left. I also had my kids wearing their handmades as much as possible, they did wear repeats though and I didn't document their outfits when that happened. 

Vamos ver com mais atenção os últimos dias... 

Let's take a better look at the ones you didn't see yet... 

Dia 21 / Day 21

Um corpete/underbust que fiz há muitos anos. Na verdade, não o usei o dia todo, está muito mais apertado do que inicialmente e acabei por desistir dele. Nunca publicado no blog / An uderbust I made many years ago. I haven't really wear this one all day, turns out it is too tight on me right now and I just gave up after a while. Never posted on the blog. 

Dia 22 / Day 22 

Um dos meus preferidos. Um vestido Burda com mais de 10 anos (no mínimo).Nunca publicado aqui / One of my favorites. A Burda dress with more than 10 years (at least). Never posted here.  

Dia 23 / Day 23 

Reciclagem de calças a calções / Refashioned pants into shorts AQUI / HERE

Dia 24 / Day 24

Fenix Romper (Cali Faye) AQUI / HERE

Dia 25 / Day 25 

Calças de ganga recicladas a calções / Refashioned jeans into shorts. AQUI / HERE

Dia 26 / Day 26 

T-shirts reciclada / Refashioned T-shirt AQUI / HERE

Dia 27 / Day 27 

Rôbe. Adoro-o mas visto tão poucas vezes. Feito há muitos anos para um desfile e nunca publicado no blog / Robe. I love it but wear it so seldomly. It was made many years ago for a fashion show and never posted on the blog. 

Dia 28 / Day 28 

Florence Kimono (Sew Caroline) Ainda não publiquei no blog / Not posted yet 

Dia 29 / Day 29 

Dia de preguiça. 

Dia 30 / Day 30 

Reciclagem de vestido longo / Long Dress Refashioned AQUI / HERE

Dia 31 / Day 31 

The Coffee Date Dress (Burda) AQUI / HERE

E nos miúdos... (e maridão!)
As for the kids... (and hubby!)

Dia 21 / Day 21 
Skola (Dress &) Top (Elgance & Elephants) Testei o molde e acho que nunca cheguei a publicar no blog / I tested the pattern but I believe I never really posted about it. 

Dia 25 / Day 25
Ele (foto do meio em cima) / Him (center photo on top) - The Quadrilateral T (Addie Martindale) AQUI / HERE
Ela (foto do meio em baixo) / Her (center photo down) - Freestyle Harem Pants (EYMM) Não publiquei estas em particular, mas publiquei outra versão do molde / Haven't posted this particular one but there's another version of this pattern AQUI / HERE

Dia 26 / Day 26
Parker’s Vintage Fit T-Shirt (EYMM) Apanhei o meu marido a vestir uma t-shirt que lhe fiz e não resisti a tirar-lhe uma foto / I spotted my husband wearing a me made t-shirt and couldn't help but taking a photo too.  

No dia 27, a minha filha e a minha sobrinha andaram a brincar com os vestidos de princesas que tenho feito para o Carnaval, mas não tenho fotos / On the 27 my daughter and niece have been playing with the princess dresses I made for Carnival, but I have no photos to show. 

Dia 28 / Day 28
The Loveralls Dungarees (Petit a Petit and Family) Não falei ainda sobre as jardineiras, embora o tenha planeado, mas mostrei um pouco delas / I haven't actually posted about it althoug it has been on my plans, but there was a sneak peak AQUI / HERE

E foi isto que se usou por aqui durante o mês de Maio. Não pensei muito naquilo que os miúdos vestiram, faço-lhes tanta coisa e deixa de servir relativamente tão rápido que não penso muito nisso a sério. Mas quando juntei todas as minhas fotos para este post, deu-me que pensar. Pude analisar quais os estilos que prefiro usar, aquelas roupas que podem ter imensos anos mas que eu continuo a usar e a abusar delas. Vesti também algumas que não vestia há muito tempo e recebi elogios e pensei "Porque não as uso mais vezes?". O ano passado cheguei a doar várias peças depois do mês ter terminado pois percebi que não as vestiria mais, este ano, creio que foi o oposto e voltei a enamorar-me por algumas que estavam mais a um canto. Além disso tudo, percebi ainda que quais as cores que prefiro usar para mim e não são muitas!

And this is all that has been used in May over here. I didn't think much about the kids clothes, I make them so many things and they grow them up so easily most of the times that I didn't bother to give it much thought. When it comes to me though, as I put all my photos together for this post, I could analise my fave styles, and the items that no matter how old they are, I will always look them up. I also wore a few items I didn't for such a long time and I got a few compliments on them and though "Why don't I wear them more often?". Last year I donated a few items after the month was over, because I realised I wouldn't wear them anymore, this year though I feel in love with some of my forgotte items. Besides all that, I was also able to have an idea of the colors I wear the most and there aren't many!