2013

I find that having goals to focus on throughout the year really makes me push myself and work harder, so I am all for New Years Goals. 2011 was the year of reading and I read 25 books. 2012 was the year of sewing at least one Colette garment a month. If you look at the list of garments I sewed here, it's safe to say that I surpassed that number.

2013 is going to be the year that I focus on quality instead of quantity. Last year I felt so rushed to complete garments and didn't take the time to learn new techniques. Well, I did learn some new techniques, but not as many as I could have learned. This year I will probably make fewer garments and blog less, but will hopefully end up with beautiful clothes, inside and out :)

While I may not complete all the items on the list below, I would like to put a good dent into it. Some techniques I would like to learn and some items I would like to sew are:

• Bound button holes.
• "Tricky" fabrics.
• Pants, specifically Juniper.
• The Anise jacket (I have never made a jacket).
• Jeans.
• Sew more separates.
• The Bombshell dress.
• Lapped zippers.
• Matching stripes, checks, and patterns.
• Altering existing patterns (changing the neckline, adding a collar, mixing different pieces from different patterns, etc.)
• Trying new pattern designers and companies.
• Drafting a couple of simple patterns for myself.