Yes, we have those at work. I tend to set enough goals for 3 single-spaced pages, and actually accomplish many of them. My boss, though a Known Over Achiever, thought I should work on this…tendency. So I came up with six goals for the first six months, and mostly got them done, along with a lot of other things.

When I updated the Projects 2013 page here, I thought perhaps I should heed my boss’s advice (don’t tell her that, I have a reputation to maintain) and, you know, assess my goals versus reality ratio.

It’s a long list of stuff, when you get down to it. How did I do, and what else needs to be done? Here’s a chart for the first six months of this sewing year; not all items were planned…some just happened, like kittens.

Item	For whom	When finished	Did it get made?
Tan wool waistcoat	Mr S	1/1/2013	Yes!
Red wool waistcoat	Young Mr	1/15/2013	Yes!
Off-white cotton trousers	Young Mr	1/18/2013	Yes!
Ikea curtain petticoat	Kitty	2/11/2013	Yes!
Black Taffeta Bonnet	Kitty	2/11/2013	Yes!
Shift	Kitty	2/11/2013	Yes!
Monmouth Cap	Young Mr	3/29/2013	Yes!
Blue wool jacket, 1770-1800	Young Mr	3/31/2013	Yes!
How Now Brown Gown	Kitty	4/7/2013	Yes!
Linen Hunting Frock	Young Mr	5/26/2013	Yes!
Linen Hunting Frock	Mr S	6/14/2013	Yes!
Striped pocket	Kitty	6/15/2013	Yes!
Blue checked linen bags (2)	Kitty & Mr S	6/15/2013	Yes!
Chintz jacket	Kitty	6/15/2013	Yes!
Linen Overalls	Young Mr	6/15/2013	Yes!
Black straw hat	Kitty	6/22/2013	Yes!
Alterations to Green Frock Coat	Mr S	Not yet	Nearly!
Linen Overalls	Mr S	Wearable	Nearly!

The Cherry Seller Gown is not on this list because it was started 7/4/2013, and is thus in the second half of the sewing year.  A blue linen unlined frock coat for the Young Mr was started 7/7/2013, so counts towards the second half as well.  For the coming months, here’s what I know I would like to get done:

Item	For whom	Due Date	Notes
Blue linen frock coat	Young Mr	7/14/2013	Ack!
Alterations to Green Frock Coat	Mr S	7/14/2013	More Ack!
White linen shirt	Mr S	11/2/2013	Just needs one…
Tan Virginia Cloth petticoat	Kitty	8/9/2013	1763
White linen petticoat	Kitty	8/9/2013	1763
Bed gown	Kitty	8/2/2013	For OSV!
Bed sack	Kitty & Mr S	7/19/2013	For Salem or OSV
Proper 1770s frock coat	Mr S	10/5/2013	For Quincy
Striped 1790s petticoat	Kitty	10/5/2013	For JBH
Printed 1790s shortgown	Kitty	10/5/2013	For JBH
Dress for a Lady, TBD	Kitty	10/5/2013	For JBH
10th Mass 1781 Regimental	Mr S	11/2/2013	Putnam Park
Neckstocks	Young Mr & Mr S	TBD	10th Mass

The list seems alternately doable and crazy. So what am I sitting here writing for? I’ve got to get backstitching!