Last year I sewed too much. I averaged a garment a week, which consequently overwhelmed my wardrobe and frazzled my brain. So this year I decided to calm down, limit my makes and take my time. I ordered six vintage patterns from The Vintage Pattern Shop (they offer bulk buy deals), and I set myself the challenge of spreading these patterns across the year.
I numbered the patterns and use a dice to decide which one I'll make next. So far I've made a 1939 evening gown (from secondhand bedsheets), a WW2 siren suite (using fabric from Boyes - a wonderful northern shop), and a 1940s afternoon dress (fabric again from Boyes, £3 a metre).
Which sounds like I'm half way done when it's only April! But with variations within each pattern I could technically make 12 different garments, which should see me through the year (she says, eying the half made 1950s Babette boiler suit she began on a whim this morning...)...
