2018 Year in Review

Happy new year! I had so much fun over the holidays and I wish you the best in the new year.

The past year saw a growth in the sheer amount of sewing I did. I made 46 items vs 27 in 2017! I can say I am growing more confident in my sewing, which leads to better and faster decisions – less unpicking.

• Dress: 2 adult, 13 child
• Skirts: 2 adult, 2 child
• Pants: 1 adult, 3 child
• Blouses: 4 adult, 2 child
• Underwear: 6 child
• Anarkalis: 1 adult, 1 child
• Pajamas: 2 child
• Quilts: 2 twin size
• Kurtis: 2 child
• Swimwear: 1 child
• Alterations: 2 adult

Some of these haven’t made it to the blog yet, as usual.

Dresses & Skirts: 

I loved making dresses for my daughter but I was also able to make some for myself!

• My first ever pattern test for myself was this lovely mermaid maxi! I wear it almost once a week because it is so comfortable. And the best part was, I had to make ZERO adjustments to the pattern.
  

Mila Dresses – I made a bunch of these this year, here and here. It was so fun to make and I was able to work on my free motion embroidery.

This upcycled Josephine dress from Violette Fields Threads was made from an old dress shirt from my husband and my old dress

The Harmania dress was a great canvas for the beloved Dory dress

Lillian’s birthday dress made out of a super flowy rayon – it was too heavy for this dress style so not a favorite

My first dress pattern test was the Alina Dress – roomy pockets, and great design for the summer

 My favorite dress by far though was the #sewfrosting entry – a sari upcycle using the Rebecca Page’s Emma Dress for the bodice and self draped skirt.

Lastly, another un-blogged dress for Lillian using another pattern hack – blog coming soon!

Indian Outfits:

• My yellow anarkli was a big hit! I wore it twice already, love how it cheers me up with its color
  

And I made Lillian one as well – both came with my signature, pockets in everything – blog coming soon!

There were also some self drafted kurtis made for a friend’s child in these fun prints!

Tops:

Lillian has sworn off of shirt for now so I was able to make a few for myself. I used two different patterns but both are super comfy and work with my body shape.

• The first ones were Ellie and Mac‘s Every Day Tee
  

And the other pattern I used was Love Notions Margot Peplum. Miss Lillian wanted one that looked the same so we were twinning this summer

Others:

• Swim wear for Lillian for her swim classes were a good place for me to try reverse coverstitch – an interesting experience that needs more practice
  

Alterations to a lengha for a friend went from floofy to sleek and modern

The last week of the year, I pushed to finish the two tshirt quilts I was making out of children’s baby shirts. I finished with just 1 day to spare.  – blog and pictures to come soon.

Do you like to look back and see your accomplishments? I want to sew more for those that I have neglected (aka husband) and sew some salwar kurtas for myself. I have one in the works already but other projects took priority.