Birthday Wishes & Dancing

Where did January go? I didn't get any sewing done for my son's 8th birthday yesterday. But he has requested overalls... so off to dig out my Burda pattern and alter it...

Today Alexandra was dancing this morning... She competed in 3 dances (Pas de Basques, Pas de Basques & High cuts, and Fling) and placed first in all her dances today. At her next competition she will start dancing the Sword dance.

Not much sewing yet this month

I haven`t been sewing.... I hope to get into my sewing room tonight, as I need to finish my Gramma`s Christmas present as she`s coming for dinner on Saturday night.

The snow still hasn`t melted, and now we are in the fog.

More snow

I have started sewing this year - with altering a pair of RTW snow pants for my son - I shortened them 7"! And I have my Gramma's blouse nearly finished - the need hemming, sleeve cuffs and buttons & button holes. I will be seeing her tomorrow to mark for hems, etc and will then finish my Christmas sewing. I also started my mom's birthday present....

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone has a happy and healthy 2009!

Sewing Stats for 2008:

Items Completed	170
Projects In Progress	5
UFOs Completed	5
Mending & Alterations	30

Yardage Totals IN: 68m OUT: 137.1m

My 2008 Goals

• Use more fabric from my stash than I buy or receive!
  YES! Used 69.1m more than I bought. The stash is still large, but I am gaining some control on it.
  
• Don't create anymore UFOs and finish some of those filling my sewing room.
  MOSTLY! One of my current projects is getting close, but I just haven't had the time to finish it and its been months... I did complete 5 UFOs, one that was over 10 years old.
  
• Sew for myself as well as my family
  YES! Most months I sewed something for me.
  
• Complete at least one project for my husband
  NO! Oops... didn't sew anything for him - so sorry... still thinking of a project.
  
• Organize my traced patterns
  SOMETIMES! I get organized, then I trace & use many more patterns and don't get them put away
  

Goals for 2009

• Sew mostly from Stash
• Sew for me
• Start Christmas sewing before Nov 1st