Yearly Review

2015 Roundup

I kept putting this off in December hoping I could finish some things, but that didn’t happen. Then I was kind of bummed because 2015 wasn’t very productive in terms of measurable things. I did do a lot and kept very busy, but not in the way of  “I made xxx amount of things awesome!”

And the things I did make were different from my usual fare (such as branching out into gardening [very time consuming], canning [ditto], baking [yup, same], and home improvement [ooooh yes]), and I spent a lot more time reading last year and attempting to work out (uuuugh, why doesn’t sewing burn more calories?).

But! I feel like 2015 laid the groundwork for loads of productivity in 2016! Especially in the sewing department, as I got close to finishing a lot of WIPs so those should be wrapping up in 2016.

So, here are some highlights of 2015!

 

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2014 Cos review

Everyone is doing such lovely 2014 sewing reviews, I’ve been dragging my feet because mine is so small!

This was a super weird cos year for me, only four new costumes! The least amount since my 2nd year of costuming, and one of them doesn’t even really count!

So, new stuff!


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Jo Grant

I really love Jo Grant, so I was super jazzed to do another one of her outfits.

 Plus this happened:

 

Totally a highlight of my year 8D

Black Widow

This is the “doesn’t really count” outfit, it’s 100% bought and borrowed. Bon asked me to do it with her Maria Hill. I would like to eventually do more super hero type things, so I thought I may as well get over my body suit ambivalence now. I got this body suit off Amazon, she made the belt and wrist things, I borrowed her Poison Ivy wig (the closest either of us had) and her boots, and Molly did my makeup.  

Black Canary

http://make-it-sew.blogspot.com/2014/05/wonder-con-2014.html

Black Canary on the other hand has been on my list for awhile! This costume had a lot of fortuitous colour matching! I found tights at Target that just happened to match the blue in my stash that I used for my jacket, and Bon found adorable fingerless gloves at Hot Topic of all places in blue that matched wonderfully (worn at Comic Con, which I just realized I never blogged about).

I’m still not keen exactly on how flattering, or not, it is, but it’s a step!

Lastly!  

Country Regency

 

This one is a bit of a cheater, considering I still haven’t sewn proper closures in. But I feel like.. if I wore it, it must count as complete! For 2015 I’m going to level up this dress, a process I’ve already started and may post about soon (ha).

And that’s really it! I made a bunch of crafty type things, which you can see under the crafty tag, but still all things considered not thaaaat much.

It’s been a busy year! Though most of it has happened in the latter half of the year, there was the prep work beforehand.

So non-sewing highlights!

 + Went to Thailand/Cambodia (which I’ll continue posting about soon [for real]).

+ Bought a house (which I wanted to post about in a big look at my loveliness, but my progress has been slow, so… later).