2015 Goals – YOHO

Late as per usual but I wanted to get the year started with a little blogging and an update on what I plan to be up to the next three months.

You may recall that I’m getting hitched this coming April and I am over the moon about it! Of course the wedding day will be wonderful and full of tears and laughter but the next day is when it gets even better!

We are off to honeymoon in St. Lucia!! One of my favorite sewing motivators has always been vacations and travel. Something about going to a new place makes me want to wear all the new pretty handmade things!! As my sister coined it “YOHO – you only honeymoon once!”

So I’ve created a realistic list of sewing projects for the trip and then some stretch list items! You know in case I have tons of free time leading up to the wedding – HAH I should quit my job and become a comedian huh?

• Gertie’s Sweet Nightie – Butterick 6031 – cus duh its a honeymoon which means one needs lot of cute things to wear to bed and lounge around in
• Noodlehead’s Poolside Tote – To tote all the millions of bottles of sunscreen and giant hats I’ll need in order to survive the beach
• Sewaholic’s Lonsdale dress – I already have the prettiest linen blend to make it in
• Bombshell swim suit bottom – I found the sweetest pink swim fabric with little hearts on it. Its the most perfect thing you’ve ever seen!
• By Hand London’s Georgia dress – must make something tight and sexy for honeymoon dinners and I won this pattern back at the LA Sewing Blogger Meetup so its been in my stash for too long
• Jennifer Lauren’s Cressida skirt – something super nautical-esque
• Simplicity vintage reprint top 1426 – to wear with the Cressida skirt perhaps?
• Vogue 8897 tunic/swim coverup – hoping a pretty linen will help this not too end up too potato sack-like
• Cynthia Rowley’s Simplicity 1371 – I want to make a dress with that ridiculously cute halter top for the bodice
• Megan Neilsen’s Cascade skirt – should be nice to have something floaty which could be wrapped around a swimsuit or paired with something pretty for dinners.

Okay now looking at that it doesn’t look THAT realistic but you can’t reach a goal if you don’t set one right?

My other big goal for 2015 is to work on really building up my handmade wardrobe and work on reaching this goal by following Coletterie’s Wardrobe Architect.

2014 was a really great year for my handmade wardrobe (tho not a lot made it here to the blog). I discovered a lot of TNT patterns and find myself reaching for my handmade items over fast fashion pieces almost everyday!

What are your goals for the year??