2025 in Review: Sewing!

[forestofglory]

Here’s a round up of things I sewed in 2025! It was a good sewing year for me. This a lot of pictures so I divided it up into sections.

Clothing

This year I got back into sewing garments for myself. Here’s some of what I made. (I don’t seem to have taken pictures of everything)

Jacket!


And I made three of these tunics but I only found pictures of two of them



I also made several shirts for the kid, but again didn’t photo document them very well. But here’s one picture:

Doll Clothing

I sewed a lot of clothing for my 18 inch doll! Mostly Tang dynasty inspired hanfu. I used this project to learn more about hanfu and also pattern drafting. I drafted all the hanfu patterns using a book and I feel more confident about pattern drafting now. (Maybe not confident enough to draft something for me)

Here’s the first outfit I made:


Then I decided I wanted to make a round collar robe for that hufu/crossdressing girl look. I started by making a jacket -- it took several tries to get the pattern right









All those versions really paid off though because my first try and a robe went perfectly:



Then I made a reversible robe – I wanted to do that open collar look I’ve been seeing in dramas





And here’s the second lined robe I made


I also did Tang Dynasty girl outfit:



And in not hanfu doll clothing I altered a pattern so I could make my doll a matching tunic to mine

Quilts

I didn’t sew a lot of quilts in 2025 – I was working on other things. I did send two quilt tops to a friend to quilt and then finish those quilts though. Here some pictures:



I also sewed up a quilt top which I’d cut out all the pieces ages ago but then left sitting around for a while.

Here’s some in progress shots


And the finished quilt top :

I don’t have any specific goals for 2026 sewing, but I have several quilt tops in various stages of completion that I hope to work on. I also have another top for myself cut out, and some fun fabric set aside for other garment projects. And I have plenty of ideas for more doll clothing too!

Comments

[monksandbones]

Wow, it's very cool to see your projects. I especially like the doll clothes, and what a good idea to use them to learn and practice different techniques. You can see the progression in your skills, and that is now one extremely well-dressed doll!

I also love the irregular yet log-cabiny look of your first quilt!

[forestofglory]

Thank you so much!