- Are you making more or less than last year?
Well, certainly not more than last year. 2020 was very productive for me as I didn’t have a lot of work and still got paid, but then I lost my job and found another and ever since I’ve been very busy. I love my new job, it’s the best job I’ve had, but it does drain my energy. - Are your projects larger or smaller?
Smaller (in hours). I still go to a weekly sewing class, which I’ve done for more than 15 years, for socializing as well as crafting. So I still tend to work on sewing projects one night a week even though I don’t always work very hard, but I don’t spend as much time knitting or stitching. I can finish a sewing project in a couple of hours but knitting and stitching takes ages. - Are you doing more new projects or finishing up WIPS?
Both, as always - Are your projects for others, excluding swaps, or yourself?
I finished a baby quilt recently and want to make another one soon, but I’ve also finished a couple of garments for myself that I haven’t posted yet, and am working on a quilt for myself for the first time in ages. - Have you made things for swaps, community or personal?
Nope - Have you made something just random, not on your list, just because you love it or found it while browsing? What did you make? Bonus for a pic! (extra entry)
- What was the most favorite thing you made this year? Bonus for a pic! (extra entry)
Rainbow charm baby quilt - Inspired-along challenge 2022 Entry - What was the least favorite thing you made this year?
Rainbow charm baby quilt - Inspired-along challenge 2022 Entry
This one was a challenge! I wanted to make a simple, fast quilt and I had coveniently forgotten that HST take a lot of time to iron and square up. And I was also really, really not enjoying working on this as I was originally making this for an old friend and their wife. I have increasingly started to dislike the wife and we feel she’s abusive towards him and she’s terribly racist (she didn’t used to be? Or maybe she hid it better). On top of that they also keep having children they can’t cope with and I don’t agree with how they are raised. It’s not my business how many children people have of course, and as a non-parent I don’t know what it’s like from my own experience, but every visit was getting increasingly stressful from the mess (hoarding type mess, not “kids are playing here” mess) all the kids who are basically feral and dramatic fallouts they had with anyone who dared to even offer the slightest criticism. I know other people have gotten social services involved, but when you’re wealthy and well-educated you can get away with a lot.
Then, another dear old friend announced a pregnancy that we hadn’t seen coming and we were so happy for them. I finished the quilt in no time and the soon-to-be parents loved it very much!
I decided to slowly withdraw myself from the situation with the first friend, simply by not reaching out to them anymore, just waiting to see if they did. Well, they didn’t. Crafting can give clarity - if I don’t like someone enough to give them one of my crafted items, maybe they shouldn’t be in my life! And it seems they only had me in their lives to help them out of drama situations they created for themselves. I feel sorry for our old friend because I know they’re trapped in an abusive marriage. I grew up as a child in a situation like that, I know how hard it is to get out. But in the end, it’s not my responsability. He knows where to find us if he decides to leave, even with all the kids in tow.
- Did anyone on this site inspire you to make something similar? Shout out with a tag to them and show your project with a pic! Bonus!