I didn’t feel like I’d sewn a whole lot this year, especially given how little I’ve been in my sewing space the past few months. However, when I look back at this year I made even more than last year! I don’t know if this year’s Top 5 post is going to be quite as … More 2024 Sewing Top 5
On the blog I’ve traditionally done a yearly wrap up for sewing things and non-sewing things. I think it’s helpful to look back and see where I was a year ago because it really helps to put into perspective the events of the year. Last year I didn’t end on a very high note, but … More 2024: Non-Sewing Year in Review
Although yesterday’s post was perhaps a bit maudlin, today should be a bit more upbeat. I really do think that sewing has bee a big highlight of my year and has kept me sane through a lot of stress and frustration, so I’m excited for today’s post. When 2023 started I didn’t think it was going to … More 2023 Sewing Top 5
Even though I mostly write about sewing on the blog, I do like my tradition of doing a non-sewing look back as well, because I think it adds a lot of context, and it’s a helpful reminder that social media doesn’t always show the full picture. My 2022 Review wasn’t super upbeat, and while I don’t … More 2023: Non-Sewing Year in Review
I do really enjoy doing a sewing wrap-up post each year. I think there has been a lot of “we overestimate what we can do in a day but underestimate what we can do in a year” going around, and for me that it totally true. I am addicted to my Todoist app, but I’m … More 2022 Sewing Top 5
As has been my tradition on the blog, I like to do a few year-end wrap up posts looking at how things went. I tend to separate the sewing things into their own posts and the non-sewing things into this post. I do really like sort of doing this general wrap up; I am re-reading … More 2022: Looking Back at Everything Not Related to Sewing
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
So, it feels a bit strange, but we are now over 1 year into the official pandemic-ness of the pandemic, a quarter of the way through 2021, and on what feels like a very uncertain but hopeful precipice looking towards the future. As a bit of a life update, I’m happy to say that I’ve … More Life Update: Compassionate Deadlines, Spoons, and a Hole-y Foot
Last year, Catherine of Catherine Daze’s Blog started a Wearability series where she has been looking at some of her older garments and assessing how well they did as actual wardrobe garments after she made them (you can see her assessment of summer dresses, sleeveless black dresses, and “epic fails“). Peter of Male Pattern Boldness … More Sew, Wear Are They Now?
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