Sewing Plans and Goals for 2013

I thought it would be helpful for myself to write a list of sewing "hope to do's" for 2013.  It will help me gather my thoughts, plan my sewing time and give me something to review against, for better or worse, at the end of the year.

So here they are.  I will revisit this page throughout the year and mark off each item as I am done.

• Sew something from The Colette Sewing Handbook. Most likely a Meringue Skirt. 
• Sew something from Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing. In fact, I plan to sew a number of things from this book this year.  These include (in no particular order).
• Pencil skirt with flounce.  I really like the flounce, page 132
• The Portrait blouse.  Page 137.  A sweet simple blouse.
• The Sultry Sheath with a half circle skirt.  Page 143.  I'm already ahead on this one as I have a muslin that fits from when I made this for Lesley.
• Peter Pan Blouse.  Page 160.  Love the back buttons and collar. 
• Wiggle Dress or Brocade Dress.  Page 175.  Which version I make depends on the season when I get to it.  The Wiggle Dress would be great for winter. 
• 1940's zip front dress.  Page 186.  I want to duplicate this dress, right down to the lace on the hem.  I just love it.  Whether I do depends solely on getting my hands on suitable fabric.
• Another Burda Jenny Pencil Skirt.
• A couple of versions of  McCalls 5523, a pencil skirt with cute back details.
• Something using the Tessuti Lace I won (yayyy) from Poppykettle.  I'm busting to use it but want to make a worthy project.  

And a lovely bundle it is too.  Its a gorgeous cotton lace of beautiful quality.

• Something using this cotton navy lace.  I feel that 2013 will be a lace year for me.   I'm actually thinking of making a peplum top and pencil skirt outfit in this.

I just can't decide on the underlining.  Here it is with cream silk.  Thinking a navy or black would be better?

• Something from my unexpected win at BurdaStyle. The book includes a couple of cute bags/totes and a little girl dress as well as a panel of Spoonflower fabric, perfect to use to make one of the totes. Considering that I've always been a "never win anything" person, following sewing blogs has had a totally unexpected side benefit of winning free stuff. Who would have thought!!??

My prize from BurdaStyle.  Thank you BurdaStyle.

• A sheath dress, pattern to be decided.  I have a few to choose from, including a few McCall's from the last SewingPattern.com sale.  I have a weakness, I really do.
• A Sewaholic Cambie dress, most likely the view with the A-line skirt.
• A pair of Sewaholic Thurlows
• A blouse using either Simplicity 2501 or 2601.
• A dress using Simplicity 2588
• A maxi dress, pattern to be decided, I have a few to choose from.
• A maxi skirt
• A Maria Denmark Day to Night Drape top, or two.
• Finish the Sassy Librarian Blouse from Craftsy
• Finish the Couture Dress Class from Craftsy
• An Anise Jacket would also be heavenly but I don't know if that is possible this year. 

Pattern Review has released the contests for 2013.  If one of my planned sews fits in with one of the contents, I may actually enter a couple just for the fun of it.

That's roughly 22 things on my wish list for this year, which is roughly something every two weeks.  I think it is a tad ambitious considering my life but it is possible and my sad little wardrobe will be amazing by the end of it if I manage to get all this done (currently my 6 year old has more clothes than me.  Its a sad state of affairs).   Everything I also already have the patterns in my stash (yayy) so note to self: STOP BUYING PATTERNS.  YOU HAVE ENOUGH!!!! To which I reply to self, mockingly: "Darling, you can NEVER have enough fabric or patterns".  True.  True.  I'll try to restrain myself though.

OK, reading that back I am surprised at how much I would like to do.  Its more than I expected when I first sat down to write a list.  Lets see what the year brings.  I am looking forward to the possibilities.