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handmade wardrobe or not?

9/26/2014

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i've been focusing on my autumn/winter wardrobe lately and as usual, i'm struggling a bit with how i really want to approach it.  i know that i have two main focuses:
- small and simple wardrobe
-fair trade clothing

i feel like the summer wardrobe is easiest, because: 
-we need less items
-vintage is easier to find
-handmade is simpler
-the season is shorter where i live

now i come to planning the colder weather side of my wardrobe and it becomes a bit muddier for me.  sewing and knitting my own clothing is a pretty good way to meet my fair-trade goals (there can still be issues with materials).  i like to look around sewing blogland, and i see many crafters who mention the goal of having a fully handmade wardrobe.  this goal sounds like a fun one to have, so i'm wondering if i want to make it my goal.

i love to sew and knit, and i have such fun with the creative process…designing, dreaming, drawing, planning.  i think these are my favorite parts.  i also love the sense of accomplishment and pride that come with a finished handmade piece.  

however, what i don't always so much love is the actual finished piece.  i expect…well, perfection, i guess.  not so much perfection in execution…i savor a bit of imperfection as charm and uniqueness…a sign of a handmade work of one-of-a-kind art.  but having a small simple wardrobe, to me, requires a lot from each piece.  i want each piece to be adored and to serve its purpose with utter perfection.  i know this sounds silly and unattainable!  i'm just being honest.  expectations are the root of discontent (i am fully aware)!  :)
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the main problem is that my handmade objects do not always fit or flatter my shape like i pictured.  i don't have the luxury of taking items into a fitting room and realizing that i need a different size or that that style is not for me!  i am not usually inclined to start the project over, so sometimes…lots of times… the work is not adopted into my carefully curated collection.

i would love to have a beautiful wardrobe full of handmade-by-me pieces (like this or this), but i'm not totally sure i can or want to do it. :(   i am not nearly as good a crafter as either of those talented ladies!    

i guess my advice to myself :) at this point is to stick with patterns that i love and maybe to just try one new thing at a time (like i always have).  i may surprise myself.  maybe i will just not set myself up for frustration by having the goal of a handmade-by-me wardrobe.  because here's the thing:  my wardrobe is already full of handmade pieces!  they may not have all been made by me, but they were all made by someone's hands, and i want to respect whoever's hands made each piece.  that respect is going to be my goal!!  

thanks for working through that with me!  :)  sometimes it takes a muddy, meandering trail of uncertainty to lead you right back to where you started!  :)

love- 
jane
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