 Hi you guys, Lindsay here. Welcome back to my channel, Inside the Hymn. I'm so excited to show you all the things that I have made this month. Bonus, because it was me made May, I was actually filming myself in these clothes just in my sewing room so that I could use them as a me made May entry. So I have a lot of them if not all of them to show you on me in addition to on the hanger. So I think you guys will really like that. If you want that for future makes videos, which I assume most of you will let me know and I'll try and do a better job of recording them as I make them regardless of what is going on here. Because as we know at the end of a sewing day this ain't always there. But okay, so where should I start? I don't know if I should go chronologically or favorites first. Let's just start at the top and just go randomly. Okay, first things first. I ordered the Goji skirt from Deer & Doe finally. I have been eyeing this skirt and shorts pattern probably since it came out. And here's what I ended up making. Super cute. I think the pineapples are adorable. This fabric came from Joanne. It is a rayon cotton spandex, I believe. It's just got the most perfect amount of drape for a shorts pattern like this. And it's just super comfortable, breathable, easy to wear. Literally no complaints about this. I've been wearing it with a black tank top, a black shirt, white shirts, and just cute shoes. And it's been really cute. I've really enjoyed it. They don't have inseam pockets. They have these patch pockets. And to be perfectly honest, I don't love the way that they're constructed. You basically make this whole pocket separately. It's fully interlined, I guess. And then you just slap it on top. I would much prefer those pockets where jeans are made. So I might try and rework the pattern a little bit to have some pockets that I feel are just more comfortable. These actually ended up drooping a little bit, too. I'm not sure the best way to show you that. But like, I don't know, it's a very, very minute, kind of picky thing that I have with the pockets on this pattern. Maybe it will be better out of something less drapey, but then I feel like the shorts wouldn't hang right. So maybe when I do the skirt, I'll like it more because with the skirt you can do more of a structured or heavy weight material. And maybe the patch pockets would hold up better. But other than that, zero complaints about this. They are just so perfect for summer. Love them. Okay, next up is Simplicity 1613. I think I talked about this in my plans video because I had gone to Hobby Lobby and found this adorable fabric and just thought it would be the cutest little top. So I made this out of it. And I think it's really adorable. I might have an issue with these straps being too long. But I think that I could easily take them in the way that it's constructed. It does have a really interesting construction method where this little foldover is completely self-lined. When I was making it, I was like, how in heaven's name is this going to come together? But inevitably it did. Other than the straps, the fit is really great and I really love it. I want to find some more stable-ish knits to try some of the other versions because the bodice is so good. I thought that maybe these other versions would be, you know, they would fit great as well. The twisty top one, the twisty neckline one is really appealing to me. But yeah, Simplicity 1613. I really like this one a lot. Alright, next up, oh. Next is my refashion for this month, which I posted a before and after picture on Instagram and, like, the world stopped. I don't know what happened, but I got more likes on that one image than I have on any other image by far, by, like, quadruple. So I guess it ended up being a really good refashion. But I basically took this giant Moomoo, it's going to be much easier to show you with the before and after picture, but took this giant button-up denim, I can't even call it a shift dress. I don't know, it was just like this huge monstrosity and made a cute little pinafore out of it. This is Tilly and the Buttons Clio and I think it turned out really cute. I learned, though, that my machine does not love topstitching thread. I stuck with it and ended up getting it done, but I think that if I ever had to do jeans or something with, like, a lot, a lot of topstitching thread, I might just do the gold color doubled up or something, I don't know, because it was not having it. And yes, I was using a topstitching needle. This isn't, like, actual, what is denim, so maybe I could have tried a jeans needle. I don't know, it was not loving it. And it ended up being an antsy, antsy bit short because I did not account for there being a button right where the hemline was supposed to be. It's actually still in there. If you want to see that, I ended up just folding it up into the hem. But other than that, I really do love it. It's really cute. I've gotten a ton of compliments on it. And the before and after is just, like, night and day, which refashions should be, in my opinion. So yeah, cute little pinafore that I made for, like, $4. Love it. Love it. Oh, I didn't add any of the pockets from the Clio. They just didn't seem that flattering to me. I might try inseam pockets, but I don't know. You only need so many pinafores in your life, in my opinion. Okay, next up is Green Bee Amelia Dress. So this is one of the kits that I got in my Fabric Mart kits. I did a haul on this. I'll link that up here somewhere so you can see it if you don't know what I'm talking about. But I ended up making it with the fabric that it came with. I was a little bit torn about that. I did end up making it, and it turned out really cute. Look at that metallic. I love how it shines in the lights in here. It's very flattering on my figure. I am a pear shape, and the way that the sleeves are, make for, like, I don't know, just make your shoulders seem a little bit broader, and then it comes into your waist and makes your waist super narrow, and then flares out in, like, a subtle kind of, like, A-line, which just creates that hourglass shape that everyone wants. It has inseam pockets, which are really great. They came with it. They are a little chintzy. Like, my whole hand doesn't go in. So in the future, I would make that bigger. But yeah, I think she turned out really cute. And it is cut on the bias. So this is perfect for any fabrics that you have that have directional prints or stripes or anything like that. It would really highlight that part of the fabric. So I had never used these before, but I feel like someone commented and said that this came from the girls or one of the girls who used to do cotton and steel. Yeah, I had not heard that. I didn't do any other research on it. But the instructions were okay. Not super easy to follow, but, I mean, I got through it because I've sewn about a good jillion dresses in my short sewing career. I do feel like, though, if you were a beginner, so were you, you might have a harder time. I'm trying to remember. I sewed this at the beginning of the month. So I'm trying to remember what exactly was confusing or throwing me off. But I just remember being a little bit, like, hard to comprehend. Like, the way that it was explained was, like, you had to stop and think, like, what are they trying to get me to do? So that's my only issue with this one. But it did turn out really cute. So I guess it's worth it. Okay, the next pattern is actually, I think it's a fail. I don't know. It is another one of the fabric mark kits. It's the Sewaholic Gabriola skirt. And I sewed it up in the fabric that came in the kit, which I believe is a rayon shali. And although it's really pretty, I don't know that it's very flattering. I had thought that all these panels would make it more flattering. I don't really know why now that I'm thinking about it. But it just ended up being, I guess because I have a little bit of a belly left from whenever, well, I'm still dealing with it. But, you know, all those health issues I was having caused a lot of gut health issues. And so I have like a little bit of like a pooch there. And I feel like this kind of just sits very tight on that. And then it flares out from there to the ground. And so I just don't know if it's like super flattering. I'll have to try it on again. I've lost a little bit of weight this month. So maybe that would help. Also, even though I used the measurements, the finished garment measurements, somehow it still ended up humongous. Like I could probably take out four inches. And it's incredibly long. Like it's, I don't know, like I don't even think like Tyra Banks or any of like the tallest supermodels in the world. This would probably be too long for them too. So after I got it like mostly finished and realized that it was still going to need to, like I'd have to take out the zipper and like rework the back center seem to take out all that excess. And, you know, him it like, I don't know, probably eight inches shorter. I kind of got discouraged. You know, it also didn't look that great on. And so I was just like, so I didn't technically finish this one all the way because it's not hemmed and it doesn't fit. It's too big. But I did want to show you guys how it looks sewn up. I think that if you have a figure that is, um, I don't even know, just like, I think you just don't have like a stomach thing. Um, it would be, it would be more flattering. So that's my vote on Gabriola. It could also be because the fabric is just very thin. So it kind of just like hogs you, you know what I mean? So I'll try and rework it again this month and see if I like it any better. But for now it might be a really, well, it wasn't that expensive because I got it in that kit and the kit was like 60% off. But still, um, money is money. So that's the Gabriola from Sewaholic. Next up, we are getting to the nitty-gritty now is this really cute lizzette for Butterick pattern Butterick 6168. Um, I had told you that I was looking for just a simple little black dress is really what I was going for. Um, this one isn't even sipped up because I wore it recently. It gives me a little bit of like funeral vibes. Um, it's really hard to kind of see all the details because it's in black. But, um, when I wear it, I don't know, it's very like funerally to me. But that's okay because I am just rocking it out anyways. I've worn it a couple of times. The only issue I have with fit is I think that the center front is a little bit big. Like I could take, I could take out a little bit from this little tab thing here and cross these over a little bit more or do a small bust adjustment, which is the right way to fix that problem. Um, but when I'm standing up, it looks fine. It's only like when I sit down and kind of like the weight of the fabric pushes up and then it creates like this billowing effect on my chest. You know what I'm saying? Um, so that's really the only, the only issue I have. But this is a cotton satin. Yep, from Joanne. So very readily available, easy to find. Um, but I do love, love wearing this dress. It's very comfortable. Of course it has pockets. Like almost all my dresses have pockets in them now. Um, unless they are knit dresses or like super lightweight dresses, they're going to have pockets. Um, but yeah, I thought the pattern was really great. It sewed up really well. Um, I didn't make the little belt thing. Um, I kind of thought it was going to be a little superhero because of the little like, I don't know, shield looking thing that's there. I don't know if you can see it better with the line drawings, but no, it didn't. Um, that's actually really flattering. It creates kind of like a higher, um, seam line on your waist. Um, so very flattering, very comfortable. I would sew it again for sure. For sure. Okay. And the last thing I have here is some nice style. Um, it was the Maya sodas dress from deer and dough. And I fell in love with this. As soon as I saw their, um, like the, I don't know, the makes that they made for the covers or for the website and all, I just knew that I was going to make version a that has the, um, all the extra ruffles. And I went to Joanne looking for like a white shirting because that's what they had used. And I was just going to copy them. But the more I thought about it, the more I was like, I don't know. Like I just started to say and guessing the white shirting. And then I came across this linen and I was like, that's it. I just knew it as soon as I saw it. So here we are. It's hard to see, but I've got some video of me wearing it. Isn't that linen so perfect? It comes in three color ways too. So if you wanted, um, not to have white, you could easily, they have a blue one. It's like opposite of this where it's like blue background and cream little doodads. And then is it gray and white? Something like that. Um, but yeah, I just love it. It is short also doesn't help that it's linen. So I actually pre-washed the fabric and then washed it again after I sewed it and it shrunk even more. So if you do get this linen, pre-wash it maybe three times just to make sure that it's not going to shrink up anymore. I'm actually really nervous if I ever have to wash it again that it will be unwearable. Um, but the style of it, it kind of lends itself to being short because it's so billowy. If it were longer than it would be like way too much like a nightgown. Um, so you kind of have to have that shorter hemline but then too short of a hemline and you're showing everybody what you had for lunch and that's just, you know, not going to work. So, but right now as it is, I really do love it. It's very cute, very comfortable. Again, pockets. No, no pockets. Yeah. I was going to say future Lindsay was about to be upset. Yeah. Pockets. So really cute. Very, very cute. I love it so much. Um, I would probably make another one in this version if I found a fabric that really stood out to me. You know what I mean? That would be perfect for that because it is a bigger, wider silhouette, you know? So one without all the frills. Um, I would just have to find the right kind of fabric for that one, but I would make it again for sure. Um, especially if this one shrinks up too much. Okay, so there you have it. Those are the things that I made in May. Um, let me know what did you think of them? Um, it's kind of a wide variety in terms of like casual to, you know, something kind of even dressy depending on your lifestyle, but definitely something you could wear to work. Um, so it kind of ran the gamut there. I guess my inspiration was just kind of like all over the place, which is totally fine. Um, but I hope you all had a successful or relatively successful sewing month in May as well. Let me know about it in the comments. And until next time, I'll see you soon. Bye!