Obligatory 2016 Retrospective

I feel it is time to post a retrospective on the past year, which will be interesting to write because my laptop keyboard is currently not working (I spilled hot cocoa on it last week) so I am using the touchscreen keyboard. I'm not a huge fan of this method of typing, so I may be less verbose than usual.

My goals for 2016 included re-joining the Historical Sew Monthly sew-along, which I managed to stay with for a whole three months! :p  I successfully completed the Procrastination, Tucks & Pleating, and Protection challenges.  I also planned to branch out into a couple of new eras, to add variety to my Regency-heavy historical wardrobe.  In this goal I was very successful!

I've broken down my 2016 work into the following categories: Finished, Made Start-to-Finish, Re-made, Unfinished, and Commissions.  I've put links to all of the posts I've done on my projects, but several of them have not been blogged yet.

Finished - These are all items that I had started in the previous year, or - in the case of the Floral Underpetticoat - several years previously:  

Blue Wool Spencer

Floral Underpetticoat

1946 Wool Dress

Navy Tunic Dress

1960s Purple Shift Dress

Regency Stays

Made Start-to-Finish - pretty self-explanatory. I started these projects in 2016 and actually completed them:  

Plaid Tam

Pocket Hoops

Plaid 1860s Dress

Pink Mantle

Coral Floral Jacket & Petticoat, Linen Mitts

new Bum Pad

Pink & Purple Knit Dress

Floral Chiffon Tunic Dress & Navy Underdress

Star-Spangled Halter Dress

Navy Polka-dot Dress

1970s Ikat Wrap Dress

1940s Floral Dress

Dove Gray Dress

Neck Ruff

Suffragette

 Modern Chemises

Remade - These are items that I purchased second-hand, and up-cycled:  

Striped Silk Gown

2 straw bonnets

 Ivory Cloche

Unfinished - I started these projects but have not completed them yet:  

Brown Fedora - another remake in progress

2 teal rayon blouses - part of my 1940s wardrobe

Commissions - These are the garments I custom-made for clients in the past year:  

Navy Tailcoat, Red Waistcoat, linen cravat

Indigo Tailcoat

Bottle Green Tailcoat, Striped Satin Waistcoat

Bucky Jacket

All in all, I completed a total of:

• 8 18th Century garments
• 7 Regency items
• 1 Civil War dress
• 1 1910s ensemble
• 1 1920s hat
• 3 1940s dresses
• 1 1960s dress
• 2 1970s dresses
• 5 modern garments

So I definitely got out of my Regency comfort zone! I mean, I still made plenty of Regency things, but I also made three times as many non-Regency items! I broke into the 20th Century finally, as well as making my first Civil War dress and 18th Century formal wear.  Not too shabby. :)

Another thing I realized while putting this review together is that I have quite a few projects and events from the last year that are, as yet, unblogged. I must fix that.