Rejoicing with the Truth

A few weeks ago, I was whining to suededsilk about how I haven't managed to blog all that I sew, and as a I result I can't remember what I actually did accomplish in a year.  She wisely mentioned that she blogs mostly for her own benefit, so she won't have to remember how she did things or what tweaks she made.  And I was stunned - because, smart me, I've been keeping an actual notebook of projects ever since I took jennylafleur's awesome class at Costume College.  I've actually been disciplined about it, too.

I start a fresh page for each project, with the following info:
1. What it is
2. Month and year of starting
3. Pattern and/or inspiration
4. Materials
5. Construction notes and changes, including sequential fitting notes if applicable

For some projects, I have lots of notes on multiple mockups, describing the issues and how I fix them for the next version. It's helped a lot with fitting, because I force myself to write clearly and completely, and summarize in a few bullet points. The focus has been very good.  Often I re-think an approach as I'm writing it; or since I write down the obvious things, I don't forget them if I have to leave a project for a few weeks.


Thanks to my notebook, I have a list of projects Some simpler/modern things weren't chronicled, but going through the notebook jogged my memory.  It's a long post, so I'm breaking it into three parts. (I need to upload pictures for the remaining two segments.)  I even remembered two more projects while writing this post!


Beneath the cut, a list of new projects I started in 2013 and existing UFOs I completed in 2013.
( Projects Ahoy! )