Happy New Year! I'm only going to make one New Year's resolution this year, and that is to keep a record of my completed sewing projects and how many yards of fabric I use. Hopefully that will give me an idea of realistically how much fabric I "should" be purchasing. I'm not sure if I'm going to go the low-tech way by keeping a scrapbook which includes a swatch of the fabric used and a illustration of the pattern, or some high-tech way to keep track of the same things, but digitally. I'll have to ask around and see if anyone knows of any good software that could be used for such a purpose. If you know of anything, please let me know!
So, 2019 was a bummer of a year for me. I developed a heart condition called atrial fibrillation (or Afib for short) and spent the last half of the year in and out of the ER and doctor's offices trying to control it. If you've never heard of it, it's when your heart rate suddenly goes 100 miles an hour. It's very unpredictable, scary, uncomfortable and exhausting. So, needless to say, I didn't get a ton of sewing done the last half of the year. Rubes® cartoon used with permission © Leigh Rubin www.RubesCartoons.com In August, I was put on a medication that had scary side effects, didn't work, and led to horrendous insomnia. I felt like a walking zombie. But after 3 months of that, in November, I had a procedure called a cardiac ablation which froze the heart cells that were causing the problem. Thank God for modern technology- this procedure has only been available in the last 20 years. I'm 3 months post procedur...
I started a file box a couple years ago, that had index cards for each item that i finished. I make costumes and lots of times made mulitples of the same item. I put a swatch of fabric, the item and the patterns used, or if self drafted. I occasionally would look at the box and think I'm sewing alot more than that- then pull out and index card and realize how many multiples are on the cards. Its really kind of satisfying. The only thing I didn't add and would change is that i also did a fair amount alterations and didn't keep records the same way. Now I wish I had, because they were harder than most items you make from scratch. Have fun with that!
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