Goodbye 2025! 2025 you were a weird one. Not gonna lie, it’s been a strange year. Business and for the world. I have to admit I am fully am ready to write this post and wrap up the year. Time to go 2025!!

In 2025 I did manage to sew a few more things personally. I just shared my Meadow Star quilt, and have two more tops being quilted as we speak. And how did I get those done you might ask? I got to attend a sewing retreat in October with old and new friends alike! It was a blast, and good for me to jump into a group where I only knew about half the people. The rest were amazing to meet and I hope to join them more in the future!

Personally

On the personal side, my family and I had another fun-filled year. We enjoyed paddle boarding, I took a trip to Cheyenne, WY to visit family with my mom and aunts, weight lifting a lot more and loving it, hiking, no real vacation this year oddly enough, a trip to the State Soccer Tournament for my youngest (that whole season was a major highlight), tennis, lefse making, and I made so many batches of these cookies that I have the recipe memorized (I split mine into three!).

Same as last year, I filled in at a local University in their costume shop in the theater department! For 200 hours over the course of the Spring semester last year and almost 200 more hours this fall semester I got to help make costumes, do alterations, and generally just have a good time. It does take a lot of time away from my business, but it’s been worth it! The students are amazing, they even made bags using my patterns! We did a workshop on Valentine’s day and it was a huge success.

2025 Recap

A quick recap of the year would include releasing two patterns, the Trail Tote (more of a major update release) and the Quarry Tote. I’m still working my way through the Quarry Totes I want to make. Honestly, I have piles of fabrics meant to become this and that that I hope to get to. Speaking of, I have a couple Quarry Totes that I made and haven’t shared yet.

I did a video sew-along for the Quarry Tote on my YouTube Channel! I had a great time filming it during the summer even though it was 10000% humidity. I really enjoyed making this pattern and the in-person testing group (thanks Mallory!) was amazing. I like mixing up the online testing group, so we had a fun time with a spreadsheet of notes!

Fabric collection!

Orchard Run (my current fabric collection – now in shops!) released in January and I’m pretty sure it was my most favorite fabric collection yet. It was great to have the ability to have my designs traditionally screenprinted, so I got to use a lot more colors. In the past, my collections were all overprinted on fabrics that Robert Kaufman already had as the basecloth (mostly Essex, etc.). I loved that, but the new cotton/flax basecloth was beautiful to work with. This past fall I got to share all the projects I made using Orchard Run, so go have a look if you missed them!

Onward! What’s coming up!

I hope to keep evolving more as a business! I feel like some changes need to happen. After 16 years, you’d think it would be more of the same, but it’s an ever-evolving process.

I’m excited for those changes! I hope to cut back a little on my non-business commitments so I can focus more on the business. Particularly the creative side. The business/admin stuff really takes over if you let it! I love my job and more than ever I love making things! I’m still immensely grateful to have a part-time employee and work with a few contractors that I trust and respect. EVERY DAY I continue to strive to do my best to help you create the projects that you want to create! I want to be very intentional about sharing the things I make. It’s so easy for me to set it aside and move on to the next thing, but I would love to aim at sharing something once a week either on my blog or on social media. It needs to move up the priority list!

Case in point, I never shared these Plover Pouches I made for Moda for their H&H Americas booth!

I’ve got a new pattern that I’m working on, and I’m so excited to show you. I’m hoping to have it ready for the end of January. Get ready to highlight your favorite fabrics! I’m going to continue with video sew-alongs. I also plan to continue to add items to the shop to help you find the supplies you need. I hope to do some streamlining of products, I’m not fully sure what that entails, but time will tell.

I’m hoping there will be a new fabric collection toward the end of the year. I’m pretty excited about some new opportunities on the horizon.

If you made it this far, thank you for reading. Your comments on this blog help keep me motivated to share in this space. It’s been very quiet in the blogosphere this year.

Thank you for your support, comments and encouragement over these past 16 years that I’ve been in business. It truly means everything!

If you’re new here, stop by and check out my previous year-end posts from 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Hope you enjoyed the look back on this year! Looking forward to what 2026 has in store!