Stitching for Pleasure Progress 2026

Monthly Update: End of March 2026 (as usual, click on first image below to see a larger version)

I'm continuing the monthly mini-list which was a great help last year...

To Do for March:

• Working on this month's #52 Roundels (Anne Brooke Stitch along), No11 on The List. weeks 10, 11, 12 ,13 ALL Done!
• Working on the canvas work sampler squares, No 5 on The List. Ya Hoo!!!! Stitching has started
• Make one of Luna's chums. The Dutch Bunnies patterns and fabric have made it out of the cupboard, but no further progress yet!

Spring has sprung! But with some very changeable weather... There have been some walks, a bit of tidying up in the garden. And I caught up with #52 Roundels for February, then managed to do all the weeks 10, 11, 12, 13 for March. I even pulled my finger out and have started stitching the first of four canvas work samplers. This gives me TWO #FettleThoseFinishes Points!.

There was more intensive stitching for the Cathedral Broderers - the secret piece of very fine embroidery is finished! It is now at the Royal School of Needlework for mounting before sending on to the Worshipful Company of Upholders.

I would have done more stitching, but I fell down the proverbial rabbit hole when I found a couple of old photos of my father and grandfather at a rabbit show, and in their allotment garden. I decided to do a little bit more research on my family history... My father's side of the family has been quite difficult to trace as the Nicholson line seemed to like repeating first names for their sons. Old newspapers and the 1921 and 1939 pseudo census did reveal some very interesting information though. On my paternal grandmother's side it has been a bit easier as the surnames do change and that has thrown up quite a few surpises. I have managed to trace family members back to the mid 18th Century.

#52 Circles (Roundels) project with Anne Brooke.

February is complete! and work commenced on the March roundels. I had a quiet weekend so managed to not only watch the last two videos from Fenruary but get on with the stitching. Working on a slate frame definitely made for easier working, and I could see each of the weeks together with their colour choices. Adding the wadding/stuffing and wooden circles at the end making them all into the Suffolk puffs made for a quick job too... Week 6: It supposed to be a river of beads, but mine seems to be just a mess... Week Seven - the original really was a mess - it's supposed to be patching with boro stitching, I originally used strips, which was not very neat, so I did it again, but my fabrics don't quite match the others this month... So that's ONE #FettleThoseFinishes Points For February. Only four Fridays in March and a weekend to catch up with the roundels before writing the blog. Ta Dah! weeks 11, 12, and 13 are done, so March is complete and that is ONE #FettleThoseFinishes Points For March.

Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9

Only four Fridays in March and a weekend to catch up with the roundels before writing the blog. Ta Dah! weeks 11, 12, and 13 are done. Week 10 - Couching yarns. Week 11 - A Couched ring, Chain Stitch, Blanket Stitch, French Knots. Week 12 - Glitter Ball - a bonfire of bead lollipops. Week 13 - Satin Stitch with Pistil Stitch. Hurrah! March also is complete and that is ONE More#FettleThoseFinishes Points For March.

Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13

The monthly summary of #52 Circles (Roundels) will be shown on these updates. I have created another section on the Slow Stitch page where all the roundels are shown week by week. Keep watching and coming back to see how I get on.

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