Sewing Goals & Plans, 2025!

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It's time to make some new Sewing Goals and Plans for the New Year. I never go nuts with specific plans, and am not going to try this year, either! I prefer making loose goals to guide me. And that's a good thing because in 2024 I was totally off track when it came to goals and plans. Here's what I'd said I intended to do in 2024, and how I ended up with those plans.
 

1. Tailoring: I'm going to finish the Jasika Blazer course and make the blazer 

Did not do! None of it, actually - didn't watch the course, didn't make the blazer. It is a goal I will carry over ;) 

2. Focus on special details: I want to include more unique details in my projects that I add in myself.

Didn't do -- I didn't actually end up making much of anything this year, so the unique details, embellishments, fabric manipulation etc went by the wayside. 

3. Wardrobe Planning: I've enjoyed doing this and want to go over my current wardrobe ideas. 

I did spend some time on this, and on making up schematics for various wardrobe combinations. I actually spent more time on imagining and planning than on making this year. 

4. Watch classes & lessons that I have available to me through my library (CreativeBug) and the Craftsy membership I splurged $2.49 on (and immediately opted out of autorenew for). 

Um....I didn't do this either! I had big ideas but lost my sewjo for lengthy periods of the year and just never got to these. 

5. Make more textile art! 

I did do a little more of this in 2024 and have a small piece in a show that is opening in January. So that's exciting! I got some textile art supplies for Xmas so will have to test those out in some new projects. 

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So for 2025, I'm going back to basics, with some of the same goals. This year, I want to:

Sew from Stash - I need to clear out some of my fabric piles, by sewing them up or passing them along. That's a big goal for me this year, and I've joined in on the ongoing 50 Yard Dash at PatternReview to help keep me on track. 

Elevate - I want to include special details or techniques, along with having a wardrobe plan so that I can spend time on things that I will wear. I had a few makes in 2024 that I've only worn once or twice, I don't want to sew by impulse like this again. 

Textile Arts - I would still like to get into more of a habit of spending time on art as well as practical sewing. I really enjoy it when I take the time, and find it intellectually and creatively satisfying. 

Those are my general goals for the year. How about you? Are you setting big goals? Or going with the flow? 

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