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Hello and happy new year to all! I know it’s hard to believe it’s 2018, but here we are. So I wanted to give you all a quick glimpse at how I put together my goals and focus list as it relates to my sewing. I posted a picture on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sewlimitless/) and got a lot of response, so here it is more in-depth.
This is a picture of my “brain dump” for my sewing goals and focus for the new year. I wrote down anything that came to mind in regards to what I want to do or challenge myself with this year.
The next thing I did was to highlight based on different categories. In other words, I reviewed what I had written and started to notice different themes.
Then I put this information into 4 categories and listed some of the topics I’d written.
Having a list of 4 simple items helps me to focus on these items in terms of what I want to accomplish this year. Almost every project will fall into one or more of these categories. This just helps my brain to not get so overwhelmed with all the new things to do as the year progresses. At least, that is the goal. I’ve never done the list quite like this before, so I’m trying something new. It’s a good reminder for me when I’m not sure what to do next.
That’s all for now. I hope you all have gotten into your sewing projects (I haven’t made anything yet).
Until next time (which I hope to be soon)… Happy sewing everyone!
It’s been quite a few years since the last time I made anything using a plaid fabric (I have several pieces). I bought this material for something else, but decided to use it for a shirt instead. As it turns out, I’m very happy with the results.
I don’t know if it’s easier to match the plaid when it’s small. I think it just may not be quite as noticeable if things are a bit off. Either way, I used the same process as I would for any other. I traced the main pieces so I could lay them out on a single layer of fabric. Then I used the notches to help me see if things were at least close to matching. All in all it worked out well I think.
This Simplicity pattern 1538 is a basic shirt pattern with a nice fit. It calls for contrasting facings which add a nice touch when you use contrasting fabric.
Now, I’ll use that same process and pattern to make up some of the flannel large check fabric I have. I hope my results turn out as good as this did!
