The most amazing thing that happened in 2015 on this blog, and in my life, was the birth of my dear Little Lion. He was born on March 23rd. You can read his birth story here. I am still feel incredibly joyous and blessed that he is in our lives!
Of course, I sewed up a storm (and knit) while massively pregnant and waiting impatiently for him to come join us. Here are a few of the things that were waiting for him:
My Janome 8077 is AWESOME. It is nothing fancy, but it makes so many of the things that drove me nuts just go away. I had to employ every workaround in the book to sew thin fabrics without getting them sucked into the faceplate, and I could never get an even zig-zag... all of that just WORKS on the new machine, making my sewing even more satisfying.
It was definitely a year that was heavy on sewing for others. In addition to making almost everything Little Lion wears that isn't a hand-me-down or a gift, I also sewed quite a few other special items for both Little Lion and Little Bug:
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| Purple Party Dress, Art Museum Vest, Tie-Die First Day Dress Hack, Fleece Bunting, Little Bug Holiday Dress |
And of course there were Halloween Costumes... THREE this year. That was a bit much! I would promise to exercise restraint next year... but I'm not at all sure I would abide that promise. Little Lion's Cuddly Lion costume was a finalist in the Threads 2015 Halloween contest. I never heard who the winner was, does anyone know?
My makes for myself are nothing to compare to sewers who can truly concentrate their efforts on their wardrobes, but not bad considering that I had a newborn in the house this year!
Another area that I've been slowly increasing in production in is making dolls and toys. Here are a few that I blogged last year:
And then there were other crafty non-sewing things. I explored natural dyes, first with Easter Eggs, and then with cookie decorating. I love the results... I find the colors much more appealing aesthetically than the overly bright synthetic kind. I definitely think I'm going to have to get into dying fabrics... these are the colors I want to be wearing! Also included below is the down quilt since it was a huge project this summer. The advent calendar was a little project that had a huge effect on our family... Little Bug loved it, and I think it really helped her to get into a good mindset during the holidays.
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| Dragonfly Linen Dress, Dot Shibori Anna Dress, Floral Flora Dress, Prana Sport Top, Polka Dot Bombshell Swimsuit. |
In addition, I also made one jacket this year, and it won the Marcy Tilton Jacket Sew Along. Getting the call from Marcy herself was incredibly special!
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| Curve and Line Asymmetric Wool Blazer |
Refashioning hasn't previously been a large portion of my sewing production, but I've started to get back into it for both the sake of economy and because there are textiles readily available in RTW that are just hard to come by even with all of the online resources available to sewists. Making a piece for Portia's Refashion 2015 got me started. I actually have a number of unblogged makes in this category, perhaps coming soon.
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| BHL Flora Peplum Hack (From a man's shirt), Art Museum Vest (Scraps from previous project!), Cashmere sweater wrap (from repurposed sweaters) |
Another area that I've been slowly increasing in production in is making dolls and toys. Here are a few that I blogged last year:
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| Turtle Stuffies, Waldorf Doll, Tiny Baby Waldorf Doll, Waldorf Blanket Doll |
