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    Top 10 Sewing Projects of 2014

    Updated: Dec 30, 2014 by Melissa Mortenson · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 5 Comments

    Top 10 Sewing Tutorials of 2014 on the polka dot chair sewing blog

    Thank you so much for reading along in 2014. Personally I love reading blogs, especially now that I know personally many of the people behind some of the top sewing blogs around. I hope that by stopping by here regularly that you get a dose of inspiration and feel uplifted and inspired when you leave. I’ve always made it a goal to make this a positive & happy place for you to stop during your day.

    Well……. 2014 ended up being a bit of a crazy year for me.  I wrote a book in 2013 and it was published in 2014 around the same time that I announced my first fabric line, Derby Style. I didn’t do both of those two things at the same time, they just both released at the same time, which was a little bit crazy. Crazy both in a “I have so much to do” way and in a “did that really happen?” way… I have to admit that both ventures did not proceed the way I expected.  Which is not bad…. I’m just saying that there is a big learning curve when you publish/promote a book and design fabric. So most of the year was spend figuring out how to do both. Sometimes I wish there was a book that just told you how to do all that, and what to watch out for. Luckily I have friends in the sewing/quilting industry that were always willing to lend support or advice.

    Derby Style Fabric Collection by Melissa Mortenson

    As far as 2015, I have no idea what lies in store. Naturally I’ve thought about writing another book, but I’m not 100% sure yet. I guess I’m waiting to see how my current one pans out.   I’ve got a “spark” of an idea floating around my head for another fabric line, so I plan on devoting time to that to see if it turns out like I see it in my head.   I do know for sure that my goal this year is to get my patterns printed!! I’ve also got a few others I’m working on… lets see if I can focus enough to do it.

    Project Teen by Melissa Mortenson

    Okay so enough rambling… I went through my content for 2014 and sorted out which were the top 10 sewing and top 10 DIY/Craft projects for the year.  I only included in the round up posts published in 2014. I also noticed that over 1.7 MILLION of you stopped by this year… yep, 1.7 Million Unique Visitors… that’s a hard number for me to wrap my brain around, so I just won’t even try *wink*.

    The top 10 Sewing Tutorials/Project of 2014 were:

    3 Tips for Beginning Quilters on polkadotchair.com

    1. 3 Tips For Beginning Quilters

    21 Handmade Gift Ideas for Teens from Project Teen

    2. A bit more about Project Teen

    Great tips and tricks to make sewing with Laminated fabric a breeze on polkadotchair.com

    3. How to Sew Laminated Fabric

    Padded Camera Lens Case Sewing Tutorial on polkadotchair.com

    4. DIY Padded Lens Cases

    Dad's Travel Bag, a free tutorial on polkadotchair.com

    5. Dad’s Travel Bag (sewing tutorial for BERNINA’s WeAllSew.com blog)

    How to insert an Invisible Zipper -the right way...

    6. Let’s talk Zippers

    Polka Dot & Leather Fold Over Clutch Sewing Tutorial on polkadotchair.com

    7. Polka Dot Fold Over Clutch

    Tween Skirt Sewing Tutorial on polkadotchair.com

    8. In be”tween” skirt tutorial.

    Machine Quilting Basics

    9. The Basics of Machine Quilting

    DIY Monogrammed Pocket T-Shirt

    10. Monogram Pocket T-Shirt

     

    and even though they didn’t make the top 10, I have to give an “honorable mention” to:

    Free Padded Laptop Sleeve Clutch Sewing Pattern on polkadotchair.com

    Laptop Sleeve Clutch

    Scrappy Strips Quilt Block Tutorial on polkadotchair.com

    Scrappy Strips Quilt Block

    "I'm so Fancy" Make Up bag sewing pattern with free printable!

    I’m so Fancy Make-Up Bag.

     

    Since y’all seem to REALLY like the tip and technique posts, I’ll be sure to include more of those in 2015.  I’ll also still be sharing free sewing tutorials and patterns here regularly. Thanks for reading in 2014, and I hope you like what I have to share with you in 2015!

    On Friday I’ll share with you the top 10 DIY/Craft posts of 2014.

     

     

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    Melissa Mortenson

    Melissa Mortenson is a blogger, designer, and content creator. She is the Polka Dot Chair blog founder and has been sharing fresh and creative ideas with readers since 2008. She is the author of “Project Teen, Handmade Gifts your Teen will Actually Love.” Her work and designs have been featured on HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, BuzzFeed, Better Homes & Gardens, and many other established publications. Her first fabric line, “Derby Style,” debuted in January 2015 through Riley Blake Designs.  Additional fabric collections have followed it in subsequent years. A mom of 3, she considers herself lucky to be living in Kentucky.

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    1. Sheila Perl says

      December 30, 2014 at 4:32 pm

      I always enjoy reading your blog because you are so cheerful and positive and you have great tutorials and tips!
      Happy 2015!

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    2. Brandi says

      December 30, 2014 at 8:09 pm

      I hardly ever comment on blogs, but I’ve been reading yours for years now and I just wanted you to know how much I love it. Your writing makes you seem like such a down to earth person and very relatable! I enjoy all of your projects. I’m just a beginning sewer, but reading all of your posts always makes me feel like I can tackle any project. Congratulations on your book and your fabric line. My New Years resolution this year is to actually tell people when I have a good thought about them, instead of keeping it to myself because it “might be stupid”. Thus this comment. I was sitting here looking at your blog post and thinking about how much I liked your blog, so now I’m telling you! I hope you have a great 2015, I’ll still be reading 🙂

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      • Melissa Mortenson says

        January 08, 2015 at 3:57 pm

        Thank you so much! I wonder sometimes if what I’m doing is reaching people.. and to hear from you totally made my day! Thank you again.

        Reply
    3. Phyllis says

      January 01, 2015 at 3:54 am

      Such a great year for you, so exciting, a book, a fabric collection! For us it was great meeting you and your husband and daughter, unfortunately it was short, but I am sure we will get a chance in the future to meet for a longer time. In the meatime I wish you and your family a healthy, happy and creative 2015!

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      • Melissa Mortenson says

        January 08, 2015 at 3:55 pm

        Thank you so much! I loved meeting and chatting with you and your family even though it was so short. We are always “conspiring” ways to get back to the Netherlands. We want to bring the kids and rent a house and stay for a while sometime. Hopefully we can work it out in the next few years. Happy New Year!

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