2021 in review

Good grief, where did 2021 go? One minute I'm care-free with plenty of free time to devote to projects, the next I get promoted and we're so short-staffed I start working 47-50 hours a week. 

Last year I put together a list of 10 projects I wanted to complete - I didn't even make it all the way to ten. This is more or less a review of what I finished last year from the list, and a few things I wasn't planning on that also were completed. 

The first three projects from 2021 were left over from 2020's project list and include

1. worsted wool gown - Finish the 18th-century worsted wool gown
   January 2022 - The only thing stopping this from being done is the sleeves. 
   I was an idiot and did not take the five minutes to track down some linen and line the sleeves the way you're supposed to, because I was more interested in getting the sleeves set than having them done properly. So I brought some wool twill tape to stitch to the raw edge of the sleeve and turn it under because  - SURPRISE! - I lost the pattern for the gown, and the only sleeves I have that I could make a copy from are too small for my arms. Except I've lost both the pattern AND the wool twill tape. So the dress is completely done except for raw edges at the ends of the sleeves.  
2. Finish hand quilting a utility quilt - the orange marmalade one 
   January 2022 - Yeah, nope. But I do know where it is. 
3. Bind two matching green quilts - the binding is at least cut.
   January 2022- One of these got done; was finally gifted to its intended giftee. 
4. Garter Yoke sweater - saw a picture of a finished one, but the pattern was outrageously expensive, so I'm kind of making it up as I go. One of the sleeves is done. It has both sleeves, and part of the body. Right now it's hibernating. 
   January 2022 -  I'm still plugging away at knitting this. I should have done steeks, it would have gone a heckovalot faster than knitting stockinet. Another typical me, I thought I had enough yarn to finish this. Turns out that the navy blues I have are from different dye lots. Whatever. It will be striped.
5. An 18th century silk gown - there's no post for this, but it was started
   Like many things this got lost, and then it's constituent pieces also got lost. It's all together again. I need to find the pattern for the other gown so I can cut sleeves out and finish this gown...
6.  Quilt a panel quilt - I ripped the old border off and put on a new one  
   3/13/2021 This project was completed (except for the border)  along with two others I didn't intend to work on but was able to get done. I used a bamboo blend for the batting and it has the best drape of any of the quilts I have done on a machine. 

I completely redid this! It deserves its own blog post! It needs to be bound, but I just bought some fabric to do that. 

7. Quilt an Americana quilt - it's in one piece now

January 2022- this is another nope. Was not a good year for quilting. 

9. Complete a wool capelet - I don't think I need the wool for this, but I may need silk...

January 2022- ... does it count if you don't even start the project? Asking for a friend...

10. (I don't actually have a 10th project!) - this was probably for the best😆

 

Basically, everything I set out to accomplish wasn't accomplished.