Thursday, January 1, 2015

2014 Year in review

It feels like I haven't done as much sewing this year as previously, my work hours have increased and I've been concentrating on karate (I achieved my black belt in early December). I have focussed a bit more on fit and what I wear so have been sewing more basics and knit garments. Fit is such a funny thing, as soon as I feel I have something nailed I pick up another adjustment that needs to be worked out!

In summary I've sewn about 35 garments and 8 of them were for other people (this doesn't include the 200 odd prem baby gowns and memory blanket sets). I've actually sewn a bit more than I thought!

My top 3 most worn,


 
 




Thankyou for all the lovely comments on my garments for the last year and here's to another year of happy sewing!


6 comments:

  1. The McCalls really looks fabulous! I can see why you got a lot of wear! happy 2015!

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  2. Suzy, you had a great year. Loved taking part of your journey. happy sewing 2015

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  3. I belong to a group that also sews baby gowns for local mortuaries . What are memory blankets ? Is there a pattern for gowns & blankets ?
    Thx

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    1. Hi Mary Ellen, Heres the link to the memory blanket pattern;

      https://www.miraclebabies.org.au/media/1787/memoryblanketpillowpattern.pdf

      and the gowns that we use (these are for prem babies mostly, there are smaller patterns again for burial gowms and we make them from flanellette instead of a quilting cotton, but the shape is the same)

      https://www.miraclebabies.org.au/media/1890/prematurebabygownpattern.pdf

      I buy up flanellette sheeting when I can find it, it comes in a 2.5m width so you can make a few blankets out of it otherwise it can get really expensive,
      Hope that helps!

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  4. Congrats on your black belt! That is amazing and so much hard work and training must have gone into that achievement :D :D :D Also, you are the queen of pants/trousers/jeans in my book. Your fitting skills for these inspire me. As does your fab blue shoes ;)

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  5. Congratulations on the Black Belt and Happy New Year!

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