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.

Me-Made-May, 2014. Week 1.

Short first week of May! We got all kind of weather these days%)

Big pictures are on Flickr.

1 May. Very hot day. Moving day! I worn shorts(refashioned from RTW capri).

2 May. Me-made skirt. I like it. Maybe I should make another one in solid colour.

3 May. IKEA shopping. Wool knit dress by Burda pattern, should blog it%)

4 May. Blue dress. I like it!%)

Me-Made-May 2014

 

 'I, Sewing Sveta (sewingsveta.blogspot.com), sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '14. I endeavour to wear me-made or me-refashioned garment each day for the duration of May 2014. Also I will finish 3 UFO'

Hurray!! It is May again! I was hesitating about my participating this year - we will move at 1 May, also I am looking for job and will look for stuff in empty apartment so it will be not very easy challenge with MMM. But it was so much fun last year that I want it again!

I have more me-made items this year so I think I will be ok with challenge, it will not not only my favorite black skirt for thirty days%))

Back to sewing and blogging!

More new dresses!!

So I suppose I am back on the track!%))
My last post for soooo long time ago, unbelievable! I didn't stop to sew in last July, I only started my sloooow moving from one country to another one, so I didn't have any time for blogging. But I managed to sew a little bit and even made 21 things in 2013 all together! %) I hope to add some of them in my blog, probably in May because I would like to participate in Me-Made-May despite the lack of new made by me clothes.

Next time I will post my plans for 2014 and hope to start sew more and more! I only need to buy iron and mirror, also I need sewing table and ironing board!%))

In spite of  these missing instruments I started to make Birth-Day Dress%)) Last year I make one, but I need to change it a little bit and then it will appear here!%))

Hope this year I will make good dress from first attempt!
I already bought the fabric and choose the pattern! I hope to make muslin in the beginning of the next week and cut the fabric.

Fabric for BD dress!

Review of Burda 05/2013 and 06/2013

The weather is not very warm in SPb and I cannot make the photos of my new refashioned top%(

So let´s make some Burda reviews%) It is time to make August review but I want to save my favorite picks from May and June issues first, just for me. The review of July number will be skipped because I didn´t like this issue and left it in the shop. 

The May issue was pretty nice! I chose a lot of dresses from it. Look!

Also I like a jacket which was in previous number but in plus size section.

Yes! I like the pockets!

The June Burda was rich with nice dresses too!%))

Also I like 2 outfits - a jacket with shorts and a blouse with a skirt.

But my favorite from this issue is a skirt!!!

Would you like something of this maybe?  

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