Things to do in 2022

Yes I have a talent for biting off more than I can chew; it's been a lifelong problem. Somehow I have problems accepting that there are only 24 hours in a day. I'm starting a list of things I'd like to do just to track them... We'll see what happens this year!

• Sewing
• A vest from the Petit Point fabric
• Make a shirt from paper fabric
• Sew up some of the fabric in the stash
• Fit a pattern to Scott
• Make a shirt for Scott
• Embroidery Machine
• Figure out how to "machine quilt" strips and sew them together.
• Green shirt
• sweatshirt
• Another grocery bag, with embrodiery
• Spinning
• Spin enough paper for a shirt
• Spin silk for card weaving
• Cotton
• Band Weaving
• Bands for the Petit point vest
• Weave with handspun silk
• Weave the the silk yarn in the studio
• Quilting
• Finish the two Judy Niemeyer quilts
• Duvet in lodge from marbled fabrics (quilt top to plain fabric, plain backing)
• Make some baby quilts to practice quilting techniques (craftsy)
• Knitting
• Summer sweater
• Cashmere sweater
• Knit a yoked sweater from stash of fingering
• Ann Zilboorg sweater
• Weaving
• Keep working on ikat
• Paper yardage
• Rug for Main slider
• Rug for entry and sliders at Lodge
• Lodge bedroom rugs
• Rag rug for guest laundry
• Finish guest bath towels
• Make Guest bath towels for lodge
• Hand dyed tencel warp
• Mosaic
• Play with Paltiya.
• Finish poppy table
• Printing
• Print some fabric and sew with it.
• Print some cards 
• raven from the 7 ravens
• Christmas card: nutcracker
• try multi-color again
• Other
• Fix the two needlepoint pillows that are falling apart.
• Marble panels for duvet
• Explore my sewing machine
• Take one class a month from Craftsy
• SOAR
• Stitches
• Retreat
• 2 textile trips
• Don't forget the garden, processing garden produce, exercise to make me sleep, cooking for the two of us and tending the home wine cellar.

A shirt for DH, part 1

DH does not fit in standard American men's sized clothing; he's short, with wide shoulders and a narrow waist and should be wearing a small, but here in the US men don't like the word small, so he's spent years looking for a button down that isn't super baggy.  When he started working a lot in Asia, I suggested that he look for something there, and all of a sudden he could find shirts that fit better! When Uniqclo opened shops in the US, he could often find things there, but generally had better luck in their Tokyo locations. But he never really found shirts with interesting or fun fabrics; they were all made for the work environment. He's bemoaned the hole in his wardrobe that could be filled with a good fitting fun shirt appropriate to wear to jazz concerts.

I found a pattern with regular, fitted, and slim versions... stole one of his shirts to measure against, and came up with a size that I thought would work. I traced off the pattern and was ready to make a muslin when he revealed that wasn't the best fitting shirt to compare against.

So I retooled for a much smaller size; it looked good so I sewed it in muslin. The purpose for making a muslin is two-fold; first, to check the fit of the pattern in an inexpensive fabric, and the second, to work through all the pattern particulars and practice anything (like sleeve plackets) that might be tricky. The muslin fit! It looked good! It needed very minor tweaking... Then he swung his arms and we both decided he needed a little more movement... the next step will be to try the next larger size.  I'm preshrinking more muslin today as it's easier to get his take on fit when the fabric's been washed.

Meanwhile, where to find interesting fabric? I've had fabric printed by Spoonflower in the past, although the fabric I got was a little too stiff for shirting. I checked back and they are now printing on lawn; it may be slightly *too* lightweight. I've ordered a sample of the next heavier fabric, in a few different stock patterns, and if that doesn't work I'll probably have to drag HisSelf to a nice fabric store.