Whew!  Another Historical Sew Monthly down, another pile of garments made.  Overall, I’m pleased with my year, but not thrilled.  I am thrilled with the Medieval dress, and I made a lot of other nice small things, but the Medieval dress is the only truly spectacular outfit I made, and I need a little bit more spectacular in my life. Still, looking at the list of accomplishments, I’m pretty happy: January —  Foundations:  make something that is the foundation of a period outfit. For this challenge I fixed my first Regency dress, which had been sewn incorrectly for almost five years, as getting a thing right, even if you have to re-do it, is the foundation to good sewing. And I made Wearing History’s 1917 step-in camisole pattern, which I LOVE and need to make more of! February —  Colour Challenge Blue:  Make an item that features blue, in any shade from azure to zaffre. I made seamed stockings, but more importantly, I put out  a full pattern and tutorial for them, so you can …

It’s coming up to the end of the year, and I’m reviewing everything I’ve accomplished this year, and feeling rather pleased with myself… ….but… …there is still, as always, SO  much more I wanted to get done this year, and didn’t, because I am perpetually over-ambitious! I can let go of most of it, but I’m definitely disappointed that I  haven’t finished some of the costuming UFOs I started, and I’ve managed to create two new costuming UFOs (wailey wailey!). So for the HSM 2016 Challenge #1: Procrastination  (due by the end of January), I’m going to be trying to finish one of the UFOs I shoved into the pile of shame and have been putting off finishing because the next step is hard work. My options are: 1930s crepe satin evening trousers I started four years ago and never finished because they are made from the most annoying fabric ever… A 1930s swimsuit, also started 4 years ago. And, what do you know, a 1920s lace evening dress started 4 years ago!  Four years …