Progress!

 On this last day of January,

I am happy to report progress on the project front!

These two dolls have been sitting in my project bag for months. The faces were done. The arms and legs were stuffed. One doll was stuffed.

This month my jobs were:

• sew legs onto the already stuffed doll, stuff the other doll and sew legs onto her, too. 

• stitch the hair on for both dolls and put it into braids.

I have sewn for 20 minutes on many days. Every day? No, but I am getting there. I definitely sewed more than I would have had I not had a goal.

My goal is to sew 20 minutes every day. 

In the month of February I will be working towards getting these girls dresses. 

How about you? Do you have goals that are helping you to achieve your dreams? How has the first month of 2023 gone for you? 

Homeschool Break Sewing Time!

 I am so happy that I was able to do a sewing project from start to finish last week! 

I sewed this little dress for my new niece. I was excited to get to meet her! I wanted to sew a dress for her to bring as a gift when we met her. I didn't have much time. Thankfully, we are on homeschool break and I had more time to dedicate to this sewing project.

One thing that made this project go quickly was the fact that it is a large version of my doll dress pattern. I have sewn dozens of these dresses. The construction process has become second nature for me. I don't have to spend any mental energy figuring out the directions because I know them by heart.

In this new year I want to be able to sew more. I am going to give myself 20 minutes of sewing time each day. 20 minutes doesn't sound like much time to me, but after 3 days that's an hour, and after a month (excluding Sunday) that's 8 hours and 40 minutes! Wow! I didn't realize how many sewing hours 20 minutes each day would give me until I did the math right now for this blog post! I am really excited! I'll be finishing a project every month, at the least.

I hope you all are having a great start to your new year!