Summary of 2014

Before making some plans for 2015 I would like to summarize last year's sewing. 2014 was not too sewing year because of different reasons. The main one was overseas moving, I got my sewing space only in May. Also on the new place you had to do a lot of stuff instead of sewing.

Totally I finished 13 items ( and started some more%). 4 items were not for me. I made 2 kid's skirts, friend's skirt and cushion for our couch. 2 items were half-made in 2013 and I finished them. 2 items were refashioned.

I made 7 skirts (3 - not for me), 1 t-shirt, 1 dress, 1 turtleneck. 2 refashioned items were skirts too%)
I used 3 Burda patterns, 1 Ottobre, 1 KwikSew, 5 self-drafted or without pattern.

I bought a lot of beautiful fabrics, failed in Summer Stashbust 2014, participated in Spring Sewing Swap 2014.

My favorite made is summer dress, I should blog it%) And I should make more sack dresses, they are so comfortable!

Dress from SWAP fabric

Also my favorite is the turtleneck because it is very useful and I can wear it with skirts, jeans and even my blue dress.

The next - ideas for 2015!%)

MMM2013 and MMM2014 in numbers

2013	2014
blue dress - 1 red dress - 1 old dress - 3 simplicity dress - 1 total - 4 dress, 6 appearances	grey dress - 1 blue dress - 1 red dress - 1 old dress - 2 simplicity dress - 1 total - 5 dresses, 6 appearances
orange skirt - 1 black skirt -7 home skirt - 2 stripe home skirt - 2 red skirt - 2 refashioned orange skirt -3 cropped jeans - 4 cropped shorts - 1 total - 6 skirts, 2 "trousers", 21 appearances	stripe maxi skirt - 2 polka dot circle skirt - 3 orange skirt - 1 refashioned orange skirt - 1 red skirt - 2 black skirt - 2 refashioned green skirt - 2 refashioned white skirt - 1 wide-leg trousers - 1 refashioned shorts -1 total - 8 skirts, 2 "trousers", 16 appearances
green jumper - 2 crazy long-sleeve - 2 blouse - 1 green long-sleeve - 3 total - 4 tops, 8 appearances	refashioned top - 3 refashioned t-shirt - 1 green jumper - 4 green long-sleeve - 2 crazy long-sleeve - 1 total - 5 tops, 11 appearances

2013
4 home outfits from 31, 12 outfits with refashioned garments 
5 refashioned garments, 11 totally me-made - 16 in total.

2014
0 home outfits, 8 outfits with refashioned garments
6 refashioned garments,  14 totally me-made - 20 in total.

So these are a lot of numbers%))) What do they mean? This year I wear more me-made garments%) There were no home outfits but I would like to make some home trousers and maybe warm hoody or cardi. My favorite clothes element is a skirt, no doubt!

I like Me-Made-May! This was very positive event, I liked to show my garments, to wear nice stuff every day, to make pictures, to get lovely comments and to see outfit all over the world. Yes, near the end of month it became little bit tricky but in any way it was very nice event%)

I didn't manage to finish my 3 UFO only one from my list and fresh one. The butterfly t-shirt still waits its time as brown skirt (I am really not happy with this skirt, yeap).

I decided to put more me-made tops in my sewing list, woven and knit, lets start with summer's ones. Also I want to sew some trousers, shorts and cardi. And I need to make a jacket too! So big plans till next May%))

The last conclusion is that I can remake good patterns. I like to make new patterns but think that repeating is boring but now I changed my mind and suppose good patterns should be made one more time or even two more times! 

Summary of 2013

Yes, I know, it is May 2014, but I need to make plans for 2014 sewing year and because of this I should look at my 2013 sewing year%))

• The main point of my 2013 plan was to make 20 items(as a part of my bet with Semeon about sewing 50 items in 2 year). I managed with it pretty good. I made 21 items%) We decided to extend our bet for a half of the year because of our moving. So I hope I would manage%) 

Let's see further.

• to decrease my fabric stash by 30 meters  - I failed completely!%(( I don't have now Evernote with my stash's database so I will not scare you with the numbers!
• to finish my 3 UFO (silk dress, gray dress, brown skirt) - no, I didn't make them. I have some big issue with finishing some started project but I have to do this finally.
• to make different types of clothes (not only skirts%))  - 60% done.
• pants - done
• jacket
• jacket (warm)
• dress - done
• blouse - done
• skirt - done ( a lot of them!%)
• vest
• male shirt - done
  
• top - done
• bag
• to make last summer's projects - 2 dress and the pants -  I made pants! I should photo them again and blog! I didn't have time for dresses:( 
• to use 8 patterns from different companies (except Burda) - I made only one!%(
• to try to make The Big Project - a leather jacket.  - I bought all ingredients - all zippers, lining etc. I even started to make a muslin. And then moved! I look forward to making this project.
• to make a catalog of my patterns - in progress!

There is plenty of room for improvement this year! Next post will be about my plans.

Intermediate review of sewing 2013: first 3 months

So 3 months of 2013 passed and I want to look on my plans for this year and see the progress and the fields on which I should concentrate.

Let's see:

• to make 20 items - I made 3. I hope to increase my sewing speed because I want to make some summer tops and skirts and this is more faster sewing tasks.
• to decrease my fabric stash by 30 metres - BIG FAIL!  I will write about this separately. 
• to finish my 3 UFO -  no progress. But I plan to make the skirt from the UFO list in April. 
• to make different types of clothes (10 types) - I made 2, one in progress, well done!
• to make last summer's projects - next month's task
• to use patterns from different producers (8) - first one in progress only%(
• to try to make The Big Project (a leather jacket) - I traced pattern, bought zippers(it was difficult to find ones), am looking for lining and am going to make muslin.
• to make a catalog of my patterns - in progress, it is difficult task because I buy new magazines all the time.

Just to add some pictures to this post - new residents (hope not permanent%)) of my stash!

Linen for summer circle skirt

For trousers

Knit  - a long skirt and a t-shirt

Sewing Summary 2012

It is time to post a new sewing plans and resolutions for 2013 but at first I should write a summary of 2012 %)

This was a year when I start to sew a little bit difference, sewing took a little bit more of my time and my attention among my different hobbies. I should write a story about my sewing in past but in this case this post will be too long so I would do this later!%))

So 2012 was a year of new sewing!%)) We bought me a new sewing machine and I have started to plan to sew more and more, I have made a big stash of fabrics(about this I would write separately too%)) and old pattern magazines, I even bought some Big 4 and vintage envelope patterns, I won my first giveaway, I sewed first time with knit fabric, I finished my first knitting project (this was almost UFO), I made a lot stuff for apartments(curtains, tablecloths, bed linens, covers for stools), a lot of alterations of RTW clothes (jeans, shorts etc for me and Semeon), finished some UFOs and made some new ones. I made a dress for my friend, shorts for her daughter, I made for myself 2 new skirts, one jumper, some home clothes, fleece socks for wellies %)  I started this blog and wrote some pattern reviews and posted my sewing on different sites. I learned a lot about sewing technique, different tips and tricks! I  stopped be afraid to insert zippers%)))))

Numerically these are not too much, I know that I am a plan maker and not very good executor but I will try to change the last one in this year because I think I made perfect basis for this %)

Sewing 2012