I hope you all had a lovely time ringing in the New Year! I can't believe it's now officially 2012!!
I wanted to share some of the fun things I've got planned for this first month of the year.
Signature Styles: Learning More About Vintage Patterns
First, you all know how much I LOVE vintage patterns. Well, I've decided to apply some of my sleuthing/research skills to finding out more about vintage patterns this year. To start off, this month will be dedicated to my favourite (so far) vintage pattern company: McCall (or McCall's) patterns!! So this will be the Month of McCall. I am so excited. I hope to dig out some lovely McCall patterns from different decades and to link to your McCall/'s projects as well.
Sew Grateful Week: January 16-22
Were you blessed during the holidays? Is there a gift, tutorial or sew along that you are especially grateful for but haven't had the chance to tackle? Mark your calendars because there will be another Sew Grateful Week from January 16-22! Join me in using an item of fabric, pattern, book or other item that was given to you in a giveaway or as a present from a family member or friend and showcase your project on your blog during the week of January 16th. At the end of that week and the beginning of the next week, I'll do several round-up posts showcasing everyone's projects.
I had so much during the last Sew Grateful Week. My only problem will be picking just one project! I'm hoping to make this a quarterly challenge with the next Sew Grateful week later in the spring (April??) I'll also get a new button up for everyone this week.
The Crafters' Ceilidh: January 21
I'm so excited to be co-hosting an exciting meet-up in Edinburgh later this month.
So far, we've got just under 30 people planning to attend. It will be a fabulous time to catch up with each other, check out the local fabric/yarn/vintage goods and explore this lovely city. If you want to attend, be sure to send me your email (send it to myhappysewingplace{at}googlemail{dot}com) so that I can include you on the logistics mailing list. Expect more planning news coming towards the end of this week and early next week!
Updating my Creative Spaces
Part of this month will also be dedicated to updating my creative spaces: both my sewing room and the blog. My sewing room is not really working for me at the moment, so I'm looking forward to moving things around a bit and organising the space better. I hope to post some before and after shots.
Also, I can't wait to spend some time updating the blog with features that I think will make a big difference in terms of grouping similar posts together and finding past posts. Look out for categories by decade (1930's, 1940's, etc.) as well as organisation by challenges (Sewing through the Decades, Sew Grateful, etc.) I'm excited to start a bit of New Year's cleaning and organising!
What about you? What have you got planned for January?
