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2012 was a great year. There were personal and family milestones (adoption/foster care registration) and professional ones (fun blogger collaborations and making dance costumes). I have loved sharing with you in this little blog and am grateful for all of my readers’ support. I’m excited about even bigger things to come in 2013. Happy New Year!
{Too early? First Christmas decoration in our house! I found this at 3 coins, and I had to pick it up!}
{Pretty bunting from the friends’ baby shower I went last weekend}
{Small polkadot bows I used to dress up this sweater}
{Naoshi post cards in Kiko’s room}
{My second attempt to quilt}
A few snaps from my days this week. I can’t believe Thanksgiving is just a week away. I was traveling a lot last week, so this week I am so happy to be home and relaxing. As for sewing, I am in the process of making dance costumes for a group or dancers for their show in December. I am really excited about this opportunity! I also bought a faux leather for the first time, and making a skirt and a dress for myself soon. What are you sewing this week?
What is your New Year’s resolution for 2013? Mine is to practice sketching everyday. I wanted to make a goal that I can work toward everyday. After working on the dancers’ costumes last year, I saw my desperate need for better sketching. When talking with the dancer it became increasing difficult to finalize the design, mostly because the lack of my drawing/sketching skills. I took art in high school and I liked it very much but once I went into the “real world” with jobs and what not I just didn’t have time to sit down and practice drawing.
As a starter, I decided to imitate the fashion drawing from the book, Dress Patterns by Adele P. Margolis. It was a gift from Andy’s grandmother last Christmas. It is an awesome book by the way, if you want to learn about pattern drafting and manipulation. The book includes a lot of illustrations, and I was attracted by the vintage feel of the drawings. So I’m spending 5-10 minutes everyday replicating drawings from the book. Hopefully over time, I will be able to draw on my own.
So here are my sketches from last week…
After a week of sketching, I definitely feel more comfortable than before. Sketching the fingers I found the most difficult. Also the face, with a tiny little bit of difference, a woman’s face can look really scary!!
