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I feel like 2022 is shaping up to be a year of highs and lows, but possibly mostly lows. It’s been a hard, busy month, so I don’t have a whole lot to report on, but I did want to keep my monthly posts up as much as possible, so here’s a short review… Sewing … More Monthly Sewing Review – February Wrap Up
Long time blog readers may recall that back in 2020 I had planned a mini-wardrobe challenge, which I then promptly didn’t sew for several months, made 3 garments for (two tops and a skirt), and never really went back to for several more months after that. I never really abandoned the plans, but I did … More Pattern Review: McCall’s 7430 Knit Dress
In a story that feels like an all-too-fitting way to start out 2022, let me tell you about the New Year’s Jumpsuit that was… wait for it… not actually worn to celebrate the New Year. I know. What better way to start of 2022 than by doing the same thing we’ve been doing for the … More Pattern Review: Patrones 428 #26 New Year’s Jumpsuit
As part of my year-long goals, I thought it might be good to try adding a monthly round-up post in order to keep my posting a bit more regular, and also help document progress even when I don’t have a finished item to post. Sewing Progress As far as sewing goes, January was a bit … More Monthly Sewing Review – January Wrap Up
It seems like a lot of the annual wrap-up posts have just barely started happening (at the time of writing), so maybe the Sewing Top 5 isn’t as much of a community thing as it used to be, especially now that the Sewcialists have retired. Last year I didn’t really do any sort of proper … More A Look Back: 2021 Sewing Top 5
I had hoped to get back to my week-long tradition of posts wrapping up the year, but the end of 2021 really snuck up on me, and I haven’t had a lot of time to be writing until now. I have to admit, my job gets very intense just before the holiday break, and I’ve … More A Non-Sewing Look Back at 2021
September came and went with grand plans of entering the Pattern Review Mini Wardrobe contest fizzling out after many hours of pattern fitting muslins and resulting in only one knit shirt. October started with slightly less grandiose plans of completing just one pair of trousers in time for the Pattern Review Skills contest. I thought … More Better Late than Never
Ok, so back at the beginning of September, I was naively hopeful that I’d complete my Micro-Mini Wardrobe sewing plans. But alas, for it was not to be. I was motivated and excited to work on all of those pieces, but I vastly underestimated the time it would take to fit new-to-me sewing patterns. Vastly. … More A Tale of Twelve Toiles
Writing reviews for new pattern releases used to be one of my favorite parts of posting to this blog. I know a lot of people would read specifically because of those reviews, but at a certain point it got to be too much for me. It was a combination of several things; burnout, for sure, … More Blink Twice for No
So, my Micro-Mini Wardrobe plans got totally derailed during the month of September. Not because I wasn’t doing a lot of sewing (I was, actually), but because I spent the whole month fitting toiles (or mock ups or muslins, if you prefer). After feeling like I’d spent a lot of time accomplishing nothing and that … More The “I Need a Win” Knit Top
Doctor T Designs 