Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Sewing Goals for 2015

In the spirit of all things blogland, I'm going to make a list of goals related to my sewing that I'd like to achieve this year: 

Fabric: 

  • Track usage
  • More out than in
  • Use up large scraps, throw out the rest
  • Work more with wovens than in previous years (This will be an instinctual measure as I don't have any data on which to gauge my success.) 

Patterns:

  • Use my Sure Fit Designs kits - at least once each
  • Use at least 10 stash patterns that have never seen the light of day
One pattern of many that I have wanted to make for a long time.

Craftsy:

  • Watch all unwatched Craftsy classes (and sew the associated projects!). Sewing with Silks is the next one on my list. I love Craftsy and find the video lessons interesting and useful, for the most part. 

Budget:

  • Don't really have a budget for sewing, so I'd like to track my spending to see exactly how much I do spend on my hobby

Habits:

  • This is my really lofty goal - to do something each day that moves an active project forward. Ideally, I'd like to spend around 30 minutes a day on my sewing, but that's probably a bit too unrealistic.

Other:

  • I'd like to sew 4 things per month: a dress for me, finish a UFO, another garment for me and something for someone else (typically my daughter or husband).
  • I'd like to document my sewing a little better this year. Getting photos for the blog is difficult (mainly because I'm too lazy to do my hair), so I'm not going to go there, but I am going to try really hard to keep my Sewing Notebook up to date.