Can't Say Strawberry

So I’ve signed myself up for a 2 month pledge over at Wardrobe Refashion…

For those of you that don’t know about Wardrobe Refashion, now’s the time to find out! Wardrobe Refashion is about giving up buying mass-manufactured clothing in favour of crafting your own clothing and refashioning preloved items.  A few of the bloggers that I follow have taken the pledge; Zoe over at So, Zo… has made a lifelong pledge, wow! Not only does she create her own clothes, nowadays she’s even making her own undies! That’s dedication for you! Then there’s Angela from Sew I Thought…, whose refashions are inspiring. I’ve never seen anyone turn a hopeless-case maternity gown into Twiggy-chic – awesome! Then there’s another lifelong pledger Megan Nielsen, who somehow has time to create her own fashion line, write helpful tutorials  and be a Mum, ALL AT THE SAME TIME! Kudos to you Megan! There are plenty more inspiring people at the Wardrobe Refashion blog, go check it out!

You might remember from this post that I began scouting out second hand shops here in Dortmund already, and I would have posted about the refashioning except IT WENT HORRIBLY WRONG. The wonderful gray skirt that I bought? I shortened it, quickly became my fave… put it in the wash, and it shrank! The label said nothing about it being handwash only, so I was really and truly put out.

Not to be outdone by a stupid old washing machine, I’ve decided to take the skirt apart and re-create a new one, the idea being that I would trace all the pieces as new pattern pieces and then grade them up a size so that it would actually fit me! Not a bad plan if you ask me… No idea when I’ll actually get the damned thing done, everything’s taking me so long to finish lately.

Just as a last boastful tidbit; I entered The Selfish Seamstress’ pattern giveaway comp for a laugh – the brief? An essay of no more than 100 words on why we deserved the patterns up for grabs.

Dirty tactics such as sucking up, snarking, backstabbing, brainwashing, flattery, and lying are strongly encouraged.

I went for flattery, natuerlich,  and I got an Honorable Mention for Unbridled Megalomania! How awesome is that?? OK, so I didn’t win, but I’m ridiculously excited that my entry got noticed – I think it brought out the writer’s pride in me! Anyway, check out my entry and the winners’ entries over here, and while you’re at it, add The Selfish Seamstress to your blogroll or else!

Also : PANCAKE DAY TODAY NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM

Time for an ARDBAAAR* pancake methinks?

*check the ‘About Me’ for explanation for that one haha…