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Stitching for Pleasure Progress 2026
Monthly Update: End of May 2026 (as usual, click on first image below to see a larger version) To Do for May:
That's a mere total of TWO #fettlethosefinishes points for this month. The Dutch Bunnies (from the ten year anniversary box) For most of the month Anouk and Tulip were living in borrowed dresses. Miss Lizzie put on her mosst bossy voice, Come on Hoomum, you must crack on and get their own dresses made. Anouk's dress was a real faff! trying to pattern place the small pieces to get the daisies in suitable places took quite a bit of workig out, and wasted fabric (well not wasted, I have some lovely scraps for other little porjects). and then those pleats. Not the easiest task... Tulip's dress was also a bit tricky, being very small, it was quite fiddly to make a fully lined bodice top and remembering which way to position the ribbons when turning it out... Any way they are quite delightful little dresses... Anouk is wearing 'Granny's Shirt-waister' in a lovely lilac embroidered cotton. Tulip is wearing the 'Bow-tied' summer dress in white Broderie Anglaise fabric.. Of course they both needed shorts to wear for the sake of modesty, but they are too shy to show them off.
Yes Ziggy the hedgehog and Freya the fawn have woken from hibernation. It's their turn to come to the sewing table. But first they get a holiday. Well Hoomum does, and she needs a bit of stitching to take with her...
Did someone mention holiday... Just how quickly can Miss Lizzie get the bags packed to make sure they don't miss out... Poor Julius doesn't have many holdiay clothes to take with him. Just like Hoodad!!!
"Hoomum have you got the surprise thing packed???" "Ssshhhh Lizzie it's a secret. Wait until next month to let everyone know what little thing we've been working on ".
#52 Circles (Roundels) project with Anne Brooke. THe roundels for May were put on hold after No 19. With a two week river cruise about to happen I have saved up numbers 20, 21, and 22 to have a bit of hand stitching to do while I am away.. Week #18 is Crazy Patchwork. Tiny pieces of scrap fabric with extra bits of lace and braid added to break up the boundaries between sections, then embellished with a bit of hand stitching. I really enjoyed this one although getting pieces placed so they could all be seen was quite tricky. Week #19 is a very poor attempt at a small PomPom with sparkly bits... This one might get done at some point in the future. My #fettlethosefinishes points will have to wait until next month when I have all the pieces done for May
The monthly summary of #52 Circles (Roundels) is 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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