I’d almost got to the point where I’d thought that it was pretty pointless writing this post (It is July!) I’ve been busy in the last few weeks and I’ve had toothache again. I’ve got a referral to have the problem sorted out, but due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic I will be waiting weeks. In short, my blog-posting has been neglected.
However, one of my favourite parts of Me-Made-May is the analysis I do of my wardrobe. Looking at data and graphs, especially now I have a few year’s worth of data, gives me a geeky pleasure and once I’d filled in my spreadsheet (here’s the MMM-template spreadsheet), I thought it would be worth just writing a short post.
Grpah 1 – This describes the number of wears in the month of May by pattern company.
Once again the patterns from Burda Style magazine seem to have the most wear. I suppose I have made quite a few makes from my collection of magazines. In particular, though I did wear my grey Burda hoodie loads of times; the weather was dry and it was a convenient extra layer.
Graph 2 – This describes the number of wears in the month of May by colour
Like last year, the two most popular colours in my wardrobe are blue and black. This year that particularly reflects my lock-down wardrobe as I’ve worn a lot of jeans. I used to wear skirts to work quite often, but working from home, I’ve found that I’ve wanted to quickly have a cycle ride at lunchtime or after work and getting changed again seemed like an additional hassle.
Red and purple / lilac seem to be present in my choices more this year. I suspect this is mainly due to two newer items in my wardrobe, my red and white striped long-sleeved t-shirt and my lilac linen top.
Graph 3 – This describes the percentage of me-mades each year since 2015
Here’s the evidence I’ve been sewing my me-made wardrobe for a long time! There is the weird blip that is 2017. I deliberately wore only me-mades, which at that point was just about possible. Since then, I have fallen back into just wearing what feels right each day. My %me-made for 2020 is 82.9%. Interestingly, I didn’t even realise that I was wearing such a high percentage of me-mades, I just chose something from my wardrobe (or the pile on the floor!) each day and that was it.
One of the few days when I wore a skirt in May. It was a very hot day.
So, for the future, I can see that I need to make more jeans, as these seemed to be a preferred “working from home” option. Also, another hoodie would be good too, just for some variety.
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