New year, new blog!

Most people make their new years resolutions on 1st January, but not me! I made mine yesterday - no clothes shopping during 2014. This year is the year of the sewing machine for me. Last year and the year before I did a little sewing but not much. I really want to get better at dressmaking so I'm hoping this will help. It could get quite interesting as I usually go to a costume party every 10 weeks or so, I'm not sure how I'll cope with that amount of sewing!

I have spent quite a bit of time looking at sewing patterns and tutorials online and so far the most helpful sewing info on the web has been from blogs. I thought starting my own might be a good way to keep track of my efforts over the year. I'm sorry if the actual words I put up here are no good, hopefully at least the pictures and content will be ok!

I thought I'd start by uploading some pics of the projects I have already made.

The dress I made for my graduation (before I lost 20kg):

Here is the link for the pattern I used.

A skirt I made for my internship:

It can also be worn as a dress, here is the link for the pattern I based it on.

An apron I made:

Maybe it'll help me get enthusiastic about cooking? Here is the link for the pattern.

My next task is to sew a dress for a girls' night out. I'm heading to the fabric shop tomorrow!