Sewing Accomplishments and Goals

Yeah, yeah, I'm finally getting around to a statistical post.  I don't recall doing it before, but this year just begged the question: "Did I get a lot of sewing done last year?"

I thought not, but then I added them up:

I actually finished 31 items in 2012, topped only by 32 items in 2003 and 35 items in 2007.

Of course, the number is partly high because I made several multiples of things.  The actual number of projects is 12.  That would be approximately one project per month.

Here is a review of the projects:

In February I made red king-sized bed sheets:

In March, I crafted a napkin holder:

In August, I made navy blue king-sized bed sheets:

In September, I made some pillowcases (two red, two white, and four blue) and bandannas (six blue, not shown):

October brought the perfectly constructed almost-wadder dress (99% done):

December brought a flurry of mostly gift-making, including fleece dickies and socks for my parents, pillowcases for my cousin (tutorial to come soon), and more bandannas for me (not shown):

I took some time off, then decided on some of my projects for 2013:

Front row, left to right:

• Covers and liners for the cushion for DH's desk chair (cushion in picture at lower right)
• Crazy-print pillowcases
• Scarves for draping over clothes, like this (or this):

Back row, left to right:

• Cute little purse project
• Big purse project (I may enter the purse contest at PatternReview)
• Tiramisu dress
• Knit top with twist at waist
• Knit top with mock twist

That's eight projects planned for 2013.

Now that I've put this out in blog-land, I don't want to let any of you down!

There's always a chance that some other projects will come along.  Probably sheets or curtains.

We've already started on the chair cushion project.  Since I like to photograph as I go, I need to put some good batteries in my camera.  You can read about it soon!

And to think I nearly dreaded writing this post!  Bah, silly girl!