holiday – Sewtropolis

Well, here we are at the end of another year – and it’s time to check in on those resolutions we all set at the beginning of 2019! Personally, I think I did okay. As a reminder my goals were:

I went to Greece, applied to Law School (twice) and am still waiting to hear whether I got accepted. I started watercoloring… did it everyday for a month and then stopped (I will get back to it). My fitness goal was to run 3 miles without stopping – I’m still working on that. Drink more H2O – which I decided wasn’t specific enough and I deleted it instead of feeling frustrated every time I looked at it.

And the big one: Finish 1 UFO per month! That was the kicker! I started out great – had the first three done before the end of the first month. But then I started to tackle the projects that took a little longer… Like this Roseville pottery appliqué quilt, which slowed me down big time! For the record, I still haven’t finished it, and now it’s going on 20 years as a UFO.

However, I did complete 12 UFO’s – deleting a few that were on the list originally, and replacing them with a few that I decided were ready to be finished.

Here is my “Complete” list. Over the next few months I may write about a few – if you follow me on Instagram @Sewtropolis and @Shop_Sewtropolis you’ll see pictures of almost everything.

And my list as we reach the end of 2019!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you were all able to reach your 2019 sewing goals. I’m looking forward to everyone’s year-end wrap ups on Instagram!

Love,

Nikol

I have not been posting as much as I would like – even though I have not slowed down in my sewing! I’ve actually made quite a few outfits/items including a pair of shorts, a couple of summer tops and now I’m working on another pair of Ginger Jeans. My problem is I have been pretty lazy about taking pictures. Sometimes after I’m done making something – I am just DONE and don’t want to look at it anymore… other times I think I’ll take the picture when I wear it for real (i.e., presentable). And then I’ll forget. Whatever the reason/excuse I need to get better at taking the pictures.

I do have pictures of my latest make! WALLETS!! I’ve got a $hit ton of fabric leftover from my store and I’m bound and determined to use it – so I’ve been making items for the Holiday craft shows that are just around the corner! Here are all that I’ve made. I most likely won’t make anymore until I see how well they sell. I listed a few on my Etsy site – but I need to take more pictures and get the rest up.

Here are also pictures of the road trip I took last weekend down into Mt. Hood and then up along the Oregon coast. I have had Cape Disappointment on my ‘must see’ list for a long time (30+ years?) Even though it was foggy – it was worth the wait!