Your favourite topics in 2011
WordPress keeps various stat counts of what is happening, including over the past year. And it’s very interesting.
(No, not to worry – they don’t keep a record of who looked at what. Apart from anything else, the storage requirements would be horrendous.)
So what have you been looking at ?
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Busiest days
Shows the influence of the big sites. My busiest ever day was in October, when You Look Fab (Angie Cox) mentioned my necklines post. Second busiest was in May, when Inside-Out Style (Imogen Lamport) mentioned this blog.
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Most popular posts
It’s amazing how many people look at my post on
choosing and changing necklines
Other posts that at least five people seek out individually each day are :
List of North American independent pattern companies
Classics for work, winter 2010 : dress, blouse, skirt, pants
(Don’t know why people always look at that instead of the more recent one).
Pattern making – the formal route
(Personally I have more sympathy with what’s in the post on easier fitting shells !)
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Most popular links
Related to the most popular posts. The most people follow up some of the links from the necklines post.
Other frequent links are to :
Eileen Fisher
Nancy Nix-Rice’s newsletter
Sue Neall’s article on sewing a wardrobe in a weekend.
Plus my pdf on developing your
personal wardrobe plan
The most popular pattern lines are
DIY Couture
Onion
And the most popular other blogs are
Ruthie
Carolyn (Sewing Fanatic, cmarie12)
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Most popular patterns
The pattern most people want to know more about is the same as last year, the attractive ‘soft classic’ wardrobe in Butterick 5472. (Beware those cap sleeves, which are too small for my armholes.)
Perhaps there is very little on the web about making your own cheongsam. Anyway, people have been very interested in those patterns.
Free download dress pattern (side seam zip)
and the dress from New Look 6812 (no zip).
Another favourite is an even quicker wardrobe, Butterick 5045.
There’s also a vest version of the jacket without sleeves. Use jacket/ vest/ dress at many lengths.
Looks as if people like quick wardrobe patterns for soft smart casuals. Wearable for both work and weekends. Ideal for a basic wardrobe. Made me wonder about other wardrobe patterns. Some are like these and could be worn for both relaxed business and suburban smart casual. Others are even wearable for both smart Casual Friday and clambering around in boots in the countryside. A surprisingly large number of them 😀
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Most comments
‘Getting to know my sizes‘ is the post that has had the largest number of comments ever ! All the way from ‘oh thanks, I need to try that myself’ to ‘what is all this unnecessary fuss about’.
Of course fitting methods are aimed at the average, so they work for the largest number of people. But I would like to give some courage and hope to all the people who have tried every easy fit method there is, and still end up looking like a potato raised in stony ground.
It is possible to get good fit. It’s just more difficult for some of us. Each little step in getting to know your body shape and it’s pattern needs is another little step towards looking good ! Hurrah 😀
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And some time yesterday my all-time number of visitors topped 175,000 – your gift to me 😀
Best Wishes for a good 2012 full of successful projects and happy sewing experiences.
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
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Links and patterns available December 2011
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