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Stitchery in Progress 2025
Monthly Update: End of November 2025 (as usual, click on first image below to see a larger version) My sub list has continued to be a great help... To Do for November:
We had a wonderful time with the grandgirlies over half-term. Mending existing animals of various sorts... exciting days out in London. Seeing someone very special fall in love in Uma - I don't post pictures of the grandgirles, but trust me she was absolutely delighted, and even shared one of her baby elephants with Uma. I took the second hoop (for the Ushaw House display) with me and number one grandgirlie helped stitch the sequins around the star. So that is finished, with one Fettle Those Finishes points please.
I looked at The List for 2025, and noticed that I had added two TAS workshop projects and two Winter competition projects to be completed this year. I am saddened that these didn't happen. There was one TAS workshop organised, but it was cancelled two days before the event. Very sad there hasn't been an internal TAS competition this year. I've removed those four things from The List. So this is my last piece of work for TAS this year. I went to Knit & Stitch at Harogate on the 20th. What did I acquire... Ooops I had an accident at a couple of stalls. Two more animals have been added to the CoolCrafting list and two knitting patterns. I do like the little jumpers and a friend has offered to sit with me for a couple of sessions while I practise... Second accident was Anne Brooke's stall. I've signed up to do her 2026 #52weeks project based on circles; something nice and relaxing to keep my fingers active. Also purchased some 100% wool felt in a lovel shade of blue as the backing for my Nine Windows project. These need to be started in January so they are ready for the TAS Summer Exhibition at Ushaw House. And Yes, I did get Mr Hubbykins did a Fat Rascal from Betty's! In the mean time onto the next animal please... Was it a mistake to show the grandgirlies the CoolCrafting website? Was it a mistake to show my Luna Lapin webpage with all my makes so far? Who can resist the plea of small grandgirlie... "Might be a bit of time to create another chum" ... Her eyes became as big as saucers when she saw Hugh the Hound. "Oh Please can I have a DogDog" says she, "Of course you can my darling" says I, "But can he become a girl", "Well we'll have to think of a different name, and we'll have to think what clothes you want for her..." So could she be Bernadette Barker? Noooooo. Could she by Wendy WoofWoof? Noooooo. Shall she be Delores DogDog? Oh Yesssss please. I'm not a doggy person, so I wasn't as enthusiastic in making the hound... To be honest I was dreading the head... those jowls (Flews???) the chin.... the ears.... the neck construction... Fortunately the body and limbs were straight forward and the tail insert started to make DogDog look a bit more DogDog. Fortunately, as always the instructions in the book are incredibly detailed with helpful sketches. There's no denying this is the most difficult head I have stitched, but I got there. The little DogDog character came to life, and yes, she is very cute (but I'm still not a dog person), but I know a small person who is going to love her very much).
And who is this who managed to get onto the sewing table.... It's the Moon Hare, from the Shakespeare Box, she is to be dressed as Titania from A Mid-summer Night's Dream. Compared with the hound, the Moon Hare was a doddle to make, apart from trying to sew the arms in the right place. Eventually I gave up and used buttons to attach the arms to the body as for all the other animals. Well I'm glad the animal was easy, because the Elizabethan style bodice was a real s*d!!! 100% cotton velvet for the outer and back lining. You just had to look at it and the edges started fraying. I still have tiny bits of green fluff turning up... There is a peplum lined with Liberty fabric to match the skirt. Titania has a set of wings made from snippets of crystal organza edged with gold thread (they took two attempts...). To finish the outfit she has silk pantaloons, and a broderie anglaise lawn petticoat - I added the petticoat as a memory cloth. The fabric came from the German grandma's collection of bits and pieces. Unfortunately the velvet fabric was so fragile at the edges some of the seams split when turning through the shoulders and side seams. I had some sparkly braid to add to the edges to hide the problem areas. She is absolutely lovely and I'll be sorry to let her go. Phew that's another fettled finish. November has been a very busy month.
Now what else has to be done in the next two weeks...
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