New Beginnings: How to Plan Your Sewing Projects for 2025

As we step into 2025, there’s something magical about the promise of a blank canvas—a fresh start to dream, create, and sew at our own pace. Whether you’re a seasoned seamstress or just rediscovering your love for stitching, this year is an invitation to slow down, savor every stitch, and embrace the joy of crafting something with your hands. An of course, Plan Your Sewing Projects.

In this post, I want to share how you can plan your sewing projects thoughtfully, combining creativity with practicality, all while honoring the values of sustainability and timeless beauty. Let’s make 2025 the year of sewing with purpose and pleasure!

Sewing with Intention: Why Planning Matters

Sewing is more than a hobby; it’s a way to express yourself, connect with the past, and even make a small but significant impact on the planet. By planning your projects ahead, you not only avoid the overwhelm of last-minute sewing but also make room for thoughtful decisions about materials, techniques, and the stories you want your pieces to tell.

Planning allows us to:

  • Create with balance: Spread your energy across practical staples and dreamy, creative pieces.
  • Celebrate the seasons: Align your projects with the rhythms of the year for a wardrobe that feels harmonious and complete.
  • Reduce waste: Avoid overbuying fabric or letting beautiful materials go unused.

A Gentle Framework for 2025 Sewing Goals

Here’s a simple way to organize your sewing dreams for the year:

1. Start with a Yearly Overview

Divide the year into quarters and assign each one a theme or focus. For example:

  • Winter: Cozy loungewear or elegant pieces for celebrations.
  • Spring: Flowy dresses and transitional jackets.
  • Summer: Breezy tops, skirts, and vacation essentials.
  • Autumn: Layering pieces and timeless staples like blazers or trousers.

Create a calendar where you can jot down ideas for each season—patterns, fabrics, and even color palettes that reflect your mood and style.


2. Choose Your Signature Pieces

For 2025, why not commit to creating one “signature piece” each season? This could be something that pushes your skills, like a tailored coat, or a deeply personal project, such as a hand-embroidered blouse. Signature pieces help anchor your sewing goals while allowing you to dream big.


3. Embrace Sustainability

Let this be the year of mindful material choices. Consider:

  • Repurposing fabrics from thrifted garments.
  • Using organic or deadstock fabrics.
  • Sewing versatile, timeless designs that you’ll love for years.

Think of your sewing as an act of quiet resistance to fast fashion—a way to craft a wardrobe that’s uniquely yours and kind to the planet.


4. Keep It Playful

While planning is essential, don’t forget to leave space for spontaneity. Maybe you’ll find a vintage fabric at a flea market or come across a pattern that inspires an unplanned project. These little surprises add joy and whimsy to your sewing journey.


A Thoughtful Start to the Year

To help you get started, I’ve created a simple 2025 Sewing Planner that you can download and print. It includes:

  • A sheet to write the project that you’re going to sew, add swatches of fabrics, number of pattern pieces, the drawing or photo of the project and an space for notes.

You can edit it as you wish as many times as you need and print it at home

Download your free copy here


Dream, Sew, Repeat

2025 is your year to sew with intention, to dream without limits, and to celebrate the beauty of slow, handmade fashion. Imagine the feeling of wrapping yourself in something you’ve made with care—each stitch a reflection of your creativity and heart.

Let’s make this year one of tranquility, creativity, and joy, one stitch at a time. What’s your first sewing project for 2025? Share it in the comments—I’d love to know!

Don’t forget to visit the store to find new patterns.

Invisible hem: How to do it

Hello!! Today I bring you another new tutorial. This time is how to make an invisible hem.

This under you can use in all the endings of your garments, whether t-shirts, skirts, pants, etc.

And not just for hems. The stitch that I use is an invisible stitch that serves as a finishing touch and that does not show the stitching on the right side of the fabric. I use it when sewing bias, to finish waists and for the bottoms of the dresses that I do not want to be seen.

Invisible hem tutorial video

In the video (only in Spanish) I show you how to make this invisible stitch. It’s easy even if you’re a rookie and maybe it becomes your stitch to finish favorite. It is very clean and nothing is noticed.

I have put a ribbon of trimmings for the bass because my design was like that. This is a good idea to hide the bass if you have been badly done.

This stitch can be made on any fabric. In the thicker ones you will see less and in the fines you will have to be careful that you do not pass through or give us some threads of the plot.

Country style

Hello!! Today I bring you one of my favorite dress styles and the one I wear mainly: The country style.

It is a simple style inspired by nature and folk. That’s why you have to look mainly for floral prints or ethnic style Native American type for garments.

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In this drawing you can see a classic country style without any pattern. The look is completed with Cowboy boots.

But these boots are not what the style does. (Yes, they are the main accessory but not the base).

The most characteristic garments are:

  • Jackets for cowgirls
  • Jeans (of all types and lengths)
  • Cowboys
  • Folk or Bohemian style long and short dresses
  • Fur / suede vests with fringes
  • Ethnic patterned maxi scarves / tartan
  • cowboy boots
  • Wide blouses folk style, with ruffles or some pattern.
  • Shirts (can be tartan).
  • Skirts cowgirls.

You can combine them and create a lot of combinations without limitation.

This style is very linked to summer and spring for its floral prints but with layered overlays (jersey + hair vest + jeans + high boots + scarf and knit cap) you will have a country winter look.

This style is very linked to summer and spring for its floral prints but with layered overlays (jersey + hair vest + jeans + high boots + scarf and knit cap) you will have a country winter look.

Be careful when combining it because it can be very lumberjack and the line is very thin. In this case if they are important cowboy boots and if you can add some ethnic pattern or accessories (necklaces, bracelets) Bohemian style.


Country style outfits

I’m going to leave several outfits that are on my Instagram so you can see the possibilities.

A casual country outfit for winter
A country set for summer. The dress is available in my store.
In this example I have not used the boots but with the fringed handbag and the earth colors it looks like it is country style.

Make up and hairstyle

The hairstyle, makeup and accessories is also important. For the hairstyle is usually characterized by being long and curly naturally. The braids, collected mesy type or semirecogidos are very good in this style.

Country style for men

And for the boys, anyway. The rules are easier. Jeans, boots inside the leg, check shirts and suede jackets.