New year, new times.

A new blog for 2011, to keep track of my resolution(s); how cliché, right? Well, I might as well jump on the bandwagon and hope that I can hang on. This year, I intend to create something at least once a week. I'm leaving myself a lot of leeway in the this resolution, considering how every year before this, the number of kept resolutions stands at a solid zero. Perhaps with this blog, I'll feel obligated enough to make myself better through the projects I create.  Plus I don't really like Twitter or tumblr so this seemed the most viable option.

For the first week of the new year, I've committed myself to make a Road Cape, patter by Thunderlily. I love to sew. I love fashion. I love colors. I think you get the idea. I wanted to start with something easier, but I couldn't find my old fabric bin, so that may be my project for next week.

The pattern for the cape printed on 32 pieces of paper, and the assembly took the better part of my night, but if it comes together nicely, the time would have been well worth it. I've chosen a striped dark brown/grey suiting for the outside, and a fun bright black/red/white circle patter for the lining. I haven't really been sewing in quite some time, and starting this project is really getting me excited. I can't normally take my sewing machine to school with me, so I have to scramble to do all the big projects I want here at home...until I have to learn how to backstitch and hand-sew really well. I suppose I can be considered a "Creative" but these are just interests that I have.

I can't guarantee that anything I make will be functional, appealing, fun or real, even. But it'll be a fun ride through the year, making sure I keep the creative juices flowing and accumulating random things in my room. I got this.


Pictures of the cape soon. Until then, I'll leave you with this: