Goodbye 2012. Hello 2013!

 

Tis' that time of year when every blogger ponders the year that was and dreams about the year to come. I love a good reflecting and planning post. They are good to giggle at when the next year rolls around, so here goes.

It appears I made 62 items in 2012, which you can see here. This log doesn't include sewing for others or sewing for the home. It also doesn't include items that have been knit or crocheted -although there hasn't been much of that this year.

In total I've made:

25 dresses including 6 with stretch fabric
15 stretch tops
13 woven tops, shells, blouses and tanks
5 skirts
1 Jacket
1 Cape
1 Cardigan
1 Pair of trousers

From this, my most worn items include:
  

  

 

  

 

My Favourite items, but those which are yet to be worn as much as I'd like:

 

  

 

The greatest disappointments:

  

 

All in all though, I'm happy with where I'm at with this year of sewing. I've had an incredible amount of successful items that are worn frequently, and while there have been some disappointments, I can salvage fabric from two and the memories of the third will surely fade soon, or else I'll give it to someone else.

 

In 2011, my goals were:

Make less dresses! No one needs 25 dresses per year! - FAIL! I made more dresses, but better quality and more work-friendly ones

Make more separates - pants, skirts and tops - things that are suitable for teaching. FAIL-ish. I still need skirts and more pants, but I think I have enough tops.

Make a couple of winter jackets and maybe another cape - Cape = yes. Coat = No

Concentrate on finishing my crochet blanket. Getting there, but still not done.

Focus on knitting projects until they are finished. Frogged one project and am still completing the other. Thanks to our recent holiday I'm now off sleeve island :)

Focus on quality and finishing with each garment - there's no prize for finishing the most things - Yeah, I think so..

Use more solids and less wild prints - this will be hard! - Getting there, but def more successful at this.

After looking over this I'm actually quite surprised by how good my 2012 goals were. So much that I think I'll keep them for this year. I'll also add that I want to become even more proficient in stretch sewing, as it is nice not having to iron every day.

Tis all for now. Am madly sewing for my sister and trying to cut items out ready for my 'holiday' time!

Yay 2013!