I won't wax philosophical on the dumpster fire that is 2020. And true to form, the final day of the year turned out to be a bear. Sigh.
Onward.
- This year, I sewed a total of 132.5 yards and purchased 105.5 yards. Geez! Those yards add up quickly!
- Of that 132.5 yards sewn, 93.75 (70.7%) was sewn from stash (older than 6 months). YAY! Now, my in/out ratio isn't great, but I did sew more than I purchased so, WIN.
- This year, I sewed a total of 84 items and 54 (64%) were sewn from stashed fabrics.
Of the 84 garments sewn, I had:
- 10 wadders/UFOs (I don't have any requirements for myself that I sew up my UFOs. Some things are identified as wadders and discarded easily. Others, I'm unsure about and they may become wearable, but I don't revisit old projects often, it just isn't critical to me. Just keep sewing!)
- Aside from 1 garment, all of my wadders were due to fabric. The 10th was a Burda dress that was a combo: the fabric wasn't right for the pattern but something was really off for me with the raglan sleeve fit.
- 10 garments for my daughter She found out she was expecting late January so it was mostly Jalie Clara knit pants and some tops for nursing. I also made her baby shower outfit <3
- 5 baby items
That leaves 59 items for meeeeeee!
- 29 tops (always my largest category, LOL!)
- 15 dresses (REALLY!?)
- 5 loungewear items
- 3 skirts
- 2 pants
- 2 shorts
- 1 jumpsuit
- 1 cardigan
- 1 jacket
Photo break!
Of the 84 garments sewn (which includes the wadders and garments made for others (I didn't separate out)
- I sewed about a 60/40 split of knits and wovens
- Primary woven fabrics were rayon challis, cotton sateen, cotton twill
- Primary knit fabrics were jersey (rayon, poly blends, cotton, wool)
- I sewed from 11 pattern companies. As you can see, only 3 "Indies". I'm just not into the vast majority that I see, and often times I try and it's a pattern fail, so I stick to Burda and Big4. And yes, Jalie is an Indie!
- 1 Burda envelope
- 1 Jalie
- 1 Kommatia (now Studio Calicot)
- 1 True Bias
- 3 Vogue
- 4 New Look
- 5 Ottobre
- 6 Butterick
- 14 Simplicity
- 19 McCall's
- 19 Burda Magazine
Y'all know how I feel about my Burdas! 5 of the 12 "wins" in my last post were from Burda. I got my January 2021 issue and already have a completed garment from it (and 2 more traced). Ahhhhh.
I promise, if you're on the fence, go for it. It isn't so onerous once you've done it a couple times.
This top is done now but at this point, it was awaiting side seams, neckline finishing, hemming...but the shape is SO perfect and the sweater knit is *chef's kiss* with this pattern!
And lastly, I never reviewed my dress from Vogue 1674 that I made it to wear to an engagement party. I had one in progress, things went bad, I tossed it but recovered...but not in time for the party. I ended up wearing a RTW dress.
I swiped these from my IG stories archive
I still never got styled pics because, Covid. But I can't wait to have a reason to wear it! It's a great party dress!
Happy New Year to all!
