Inspired by Mel I decided to count my patterns. Unsurprisingly really, I had more than I would have guessed. There are 69 envelopes in my pattern box, of which 15 of those are 'self drafted' patterns* which I decided to exclude - leaving 54 patterns in my pattern stash.
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| 36 of 53 patterns have been used! |
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| 29 Patterns have yielded successful results! |
I own patterns from 14 different companies/designers. The company I have by far the most of is Simplicity! 31 of my patterns are 'contemporary' (big 4 etc), 13 independent, 7 vintage and 3 from books.
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| Number of patterns from different companies/designers |
By far the most numerous type of pattern I have is dresses, followed by tops, and then skirts. However I have only used just over half of the dress patterns, but all of the jacket, trousers/shorts and costumes patterns.
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| The types of patterns I own and how many have been used |
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| How many times I've used the patterns |
I could go on, but I won't bore you anymore! Have you ever taken inventory of the patterns you own and which ones you've used?
*self-drafted is in quotes as though some actually are self-drafted, some are heavy alterations of other patterns, or have been traced off dead or existing garments
Off to do it right now - fingers crossed for no unpleasant surprises in the numbers (or else I might just have to jiggle them a little) ...J
ReplyDeleteLet me know how you go!
DeleteI've been meaning to do this! My pattern collection exploded this year! Sadly, the population of my wardrobe did not...
ReplyDeleteIt's a good exercise, if nothing else it reminds you what you have
DeleteI use Bento to organise & catalogue my patterns. Right now there are 389 but there's plenty of room for more!
ReplyDeleteWoah! 389?! That's an amazing number!!!
DeleteThis is fantastic! I don't have enough to do this but I'm keeping it in mind for future spreadsheet funtimes.
ReplyDeleteIf you're a spreadsheet tracking as you go person, i highly recommend it! add it as another sheet to your fabric one?
DeleteOh I do love a good graph! What an interesting way to track your sewing. Love it!
ReplyDeleteMe too! I make graphs at work, and have now started making them at home too, oops!
DeleteOh wow! Someone likes graphs much.... But not as much as sailor moon!
ReplyDeletein my defense I only have one of the sailor scout costumes, the other 4 were for other people!
DeleteLove this! I have just done my fabric stash measure and store so patterns are next on my list. Must. Make. Rad. Graphs.
ReplyDeleteI used infogr.am to make the graphs :)
DeleteI really enjoy this kind of analytic post, it's good to reflect on the past year! I should really do this, but with the amount of Burda magazines I own, the number of patterns explode :) I wonder how I should count these. But I clearly haven't used half of them...
ReplyDeleteI decided that book patterns I haven't traced and (free) downloaded patterns i haven't printed don't count. If i had magazines I'd say not to count any that haven't been traced. It probably skews towards ones I've used but figure i didn't just get the book(s) for the patterns but the information in them too.
DeleteI can't do it. I recently tallied up the cost of my unused Burda mags and it took to on a flight to London. Too heartbreaking.
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