Organization = Productivity?

I've realized that if I'm going to accomplish my sewing goals, I'm going to have to be more organized in how I purchase fabric and how I work my way through that fabric. For purchasing fabric, I've been using Evernote to compile a list of patterns I'd like to make (with size and yardage) and fabrics I'd like to use. This has definitely given me a better vision of how my handmades can work together as a wardrobe.

But I have a serious distraction problem. I usually get sidetracked by something new and fun and neglect what I was working on till it gets so low in my basket that it's completely forgotten. Putting fabric for upcoming projects on an open shelf above my workspace has helped so far. The last steps of a project are the most awful and boring for me (hemming suuuuuuucks), but seeing that pretty pile of fabric keeps me going so I can move on to the next, more exciting thing.

Which would now be an Alder shirtdress (view A) made from this:

And of course I plan to wear it for Comic Con. 

Procrastinating

I'm supposed to be writing a blurb on myself for a meeting with my boss at work tomorrow, so of course I'm messing around on the internet. I may as well have something to show for it:

I'm working on a Moneta dress in this wild floral knit fabric from JoAnn. The plan is to finish it by Saturday for a wedding - we'll see what I actually end up wearing. 

I always trace my pattern onto newsprint. 

This is a pretty bold fabric choice for me. 

I'm making version two, with short sleeves, and I lowered the neckline about 2.5 inches. I've got a thing for a scoop-neck.