Stitchery 2023 - The Fettled Finishes
A verrrrrrry Big Fankoo to Archie Wonder Dog for organising the linkup for the fettling party every month. It's a jolly good idea to have a list, be honest about what's in the cupboard and what needs/wants to be finished. I am notorious for starting a project then get bored with it and start something new. I belong to a stitch group that regularly exhibits work so fings NEED to be finished by certain dates, then there the distractions such as Mousies and Luna Lapin's chums... Then suggestion from friends 'Why don't we do....'. I found the fettling list very helpful this year as so much more seemed to get added and I needed to sort out the priorities. There are still 18 projects from the original list partly done, old ones promising to get started and things that are recurring every year. By the end of January I will have sorted my new list and try to order them in some sort of priority that I want to finish.
So where is I in terms of completing fings from THE 2023 LIST... January started quite well with lots of starts and progress until March. But THE LIST seemed to get longer rather than shorter, and I got poorly again and then it was Mr Hubbykins big birthday in June. I decided I had to give up some things because I just couldn't see any hope of getting started let alone finish them. I tried numbering fings, but that still didn't seem to help. The Rhino and the Circles project just seemed to be going on and on and on. Thank goodness for gentle prods from MA, I managed to get started again and with some other things that had to be marked URGENT. October, November, & December saw a real burst of fettling those finishes. In total I finished 20 projects. I finks this is pretty awesome as some of them had lots of smaller parts to them. However, we noticed that Archie the Wonder Dog uses a fettling points score, where there are several parts to a project, so I have adopted that very clever idea, which gives me a total fettling score of 92. The gallery below has pictures of all the things I finished this year.
Fettle those Finishes: Gallery of Completed pieces 2023 Click on first image to see more detail...
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Mousie Outfits for Miss Lizzie, Philly, and Penny Mouse. Dressed ready for going to the New Year's Eve dinner in Scotlandishland.
Fettling Points 3
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Festive Friends from Cool Crafting, designs by Sarah Peel. Florin Long foot, Merry Angel, Pere Hiver.
Fettling Points 3
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The Circles - finally finished and hanging on the wall in the stairwell, which is very dark brown brick. Not squares any more, then they were on strips, tried one arrangement, then a another.
Fettling Points 8
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ChrissyMouse Jammas,
Julius & Miss Lizzie, L&J with Penny Mouse, Philly & Peter, Pip, Squeak & baby Cam (more pics on the Mouse House page)
Fettling Points 8
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Stumpwork hellebore (only 12 months to finish this one) eco-dyed base fabric (using horse chestnut husks), with wired silk shading elements to create a small piece of raised hand embroidery. We removed the spidery legs leaves!
Fettling Points 1
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TAS-2 Winter competition. Space dyed fabric, printed with Markal paint sticks through stencils. Hand stitched collage with lace. Based on tile patterns from Ushaw Historic House
Fettling Points 1
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25 Hand-made Festive cards.
A decorated Chrissymouse tree
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Hand stitched Robin (design by Chloe Redfern) on spaced dyed fabric - a gift for Sarah's thank you book. The retiring Chair of our stitch group.
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Ushaw Historic House - baubles for their Festival of Trees. Using recycled denim. A TAS-2 project.
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Winter skirts for Luna & Clementine. Extra makes for those special chums. To go with the gorgeous jumpers knitted by Aunty Helen.
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A full set of characters for 12 Days of Christmas - Patterns from Corinne Lapierre's book, but stitched in white/green for my sister-in-law. See below for the full set with captions and larger images.
Fettling Points 12 |
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Roger/Rogina. The magnificent rhino. A kit from Hazel Blomkamp's Crewel Creatures 235 hours over 13 months, at last a fettled finish
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Baby Bunnies from Sarah Peel at CoolCrafting. Outfits designed and stitched by me. Some more are wearing the cloak of invisibility as they aren't dressed yet...
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Freddie the Badger (aka Humbug), from Sarah Peel at CoolCrafting. With Corduroy barrel trousers, shirt & tie. A special friend for Miss Luna joining the chums on the sofa.
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Psychodelic Parrot - returned to this one, for entry to TAS-2 exhibition starting in March.
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Stumpwork Dog Rose - revisited to add more stitching and finished off in a hoop for entry to TAS-2 exhibition starting in March.
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Erik the Polar Bear, looking very dapper in his jeans and polka dot shirt. Why make one chum when three will do. This completes the trio of cuties that were hiding in the cupboard of chaos since last year.
Fettling Points 2
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Clementine Cat + Sailor collar dress. Like Luna, Clemmie was hiding in the cupboard, but she managed to escape and find her way to the sewing table. She is absolutely adorable.
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Luna Lapin + polka dot dress. Luna was hiding in the cupboard of chaos for almost one year. Until Miss Lizzie decided it was time to bring her into the sewing room and make a bit of magic happen.
Fettling Points 2
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Four metallic motifs. Inspired by the diamond patterns of ancient leaded windows, Durham Castle. Layers of shim, mesh & gauze, embellished with beads and stitch. On hand painted machine quilted background - for Castle 950 exhibition by TAS-2-Durham group.
Fettling Points 4
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Bonus gallery: The full set of 12 days of Christmas
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