2018 was my third year of sewing in earnest. I sewed more in 2018 than ever before, and it became a bigger part of my life. Here’s how the year went.
2018 Sewing Reflections
Category: 2018 RTW Fast
Holiday Sewing
What an absolute luxury. I’m away from work for the next 11 days. Yes, eleven … What am I going to do with all this time?
The Blackwood Cardigan
There are plenty of raves for this pattern in the blogosphere. Now I understand why!
Autumn ’18 Sewing Bee
Sewing Bee: noun. Old-fashioned
A small informal social gathering (usually of women) based around the activity of making or mending clothes or other things with a needle and thread
Burda 6616 – Zipper Jacket
One of my 2018 goals was to sew a jacket with structure and a lining. I have made a couple of jackets out of knits, and one lined cape. This one was a case of learning one seam at a time.
Cashmerette Springfield – Jumping on the Bandwagon
If you’ve read my blog in the past you know that I don’t like doing FBAs because I am too impatient to do all that tracing, cutting, taping. It seems like each Indie pattern designer has their own design sense, so while perusing patterns I finally took a serious look at Cashmerette and did some shopping.
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Simplicity 8337 – Polka Dots
Third time around for this pattern. Am I a glutton for punishment?
