Plans

Hello! I didn’t forget to post last week, I was getting over being ill and then working on two patterns I’m testing. The Sloper is taking a bit of a break. As well my friend who’s been working with me on our slopers has been very busy with family. So we are both taking a bit of a break there.

I bought this Laura Heine collage quilt pattern a few years ago. It’s a lovely Laura Heine pattern, and I do love it. However I had different plans for it when I bought it. I wanted to make something else.

What I was thinking was to use this but change the setting of the little town. I wanted to use the town in Italy of my biological father’s family. I’m still thinking of a way to do this.

After doing some searching on the internet for a photo that might work, I came across this great image. This is really great, but it’s not the same small town. So I could probably use this image to make a collage quilt, but using a random image kind of defeats what I was trying to do.

Laura Heine also has a Spanish Row Houses pattern. If I’m just going to use a random town, that would work too. So, as you can see, I’m still not decided on just what to do here, and how I can make Over the Roof Tops a little more personalized for me.

I’ll be back soon. Happy creating!

I don’t usually do a wrap-up post, but this year I started out saying I was going to finish some unfinished projects, so I thought it would be fun to look back and see how I did.

2017’s UFOs

I started off the year mentioning a few things on an ever-continuing sewing list I just wasn’t finishing. I did finish a few of them.I don’t want to cover everything I did this year – just a few highlights.

January, February, & March

In January, I worked on my personal croquis. This is something I’d wanted to do for a while, but had put off. I don’t know why I put it off for so long. I love it! It’s come in handy so many times, especially to digitally try on clothes to see how they’ll fit.

January also saw me work on the Raspberry Ripple bag, which I finished in February.

In March, I drafted my first bra using the Drafting information in the Bra Makers Manual Vol 2. Although it looked okay, it didn’t fit properly. I hadn’t splayed my wires enough. Lesson learned and changes applied to the next draft.

April, May, & June

May is when I discovered the hallå agnes pattern. I love this pattern! I made five of them over the next couple of months. I have plans to make a few with sleeves for winter.

July, August, & September

In July, I helped organize the Canada 150 – It’s in the Bag blog tour. I also made my first Canada bag.I ultimately made four Canada bags, three of which are now in Columbia. I used the free Miss Maggie pattern by Emmaline Bags. This is a great pattern. I have plans for more Miss Maggies.

In August, I made another bra draft, and a Cloth Habit Watson bralette.

September was a big bra month. I made two more bra drafts, and another Watson for Em.

October, November, & December

In October, I helped to organize another blog tour. This time it was Canada Cups – Coming Unwired blog tour. I made a lovely Pin-Up Girls Sweet Sixteen bralette for myself. This is such a great pattern for having so many sizes. It’s supportive and pretty. What more can a girl want?In November, I helped organize one more blog tour. This time it was the ChrisW Designs Global Blog tour. For this tour I made the Serendipity Hip pattern for a friend.December came and saw one more bra draft, well two actually. The first draft didn’t fit and I wasn’t really expecting it to fit. That first draft of December led to a perfectly fitting draft. I’m ready to start bra-making again in the New year. What a great way to end my bra-making year!

Unfinished Business

I still have a couple of things on my sewing list from this year that didn’t get finished.

Here’s the list that’s been sitting on my desk:

bra pattern
test bra pattern
read up on bag dividers
make a pattern for a bag divider
sew Raspberry Ripple.

Out of all of that, I did the first three. I found a pattern with a bag divider so skipped the forth one. There’s still one Raspberry Ripple all cut out and interfaced just waiting for me. I think that will be one of the first things I sew in 2018.

I said starting off, that my sewing list is ever-continuing. There are projects I’ve added for my 2018 sewing list.

I want to work on the design or style of my drafted bra pattern and sew a bra or two or three or four…
I have two lap quilts to sew.
A friend wants a robe.
I want to sew another handbag or two.
I have material to sew two winter Agnes tops.

That’s a few things to get me started in 2018.

Happy New Year, and happy creating!