Fettle Those Finishes! 2024: The List
| Project | New additions |
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| LV scrappy trip quilt | Tiny nine patch challenge |
| Summersville quilt | Five sock lucky dip yarns (65) |
| Winterkist quilt | Sophie scarf/shawl Four sock lucky dip yarns (69. Oh dear) |
| Jeans | |
| Long-sleeved tops | |
| Sock lucky dip (60 on 1/1/24) | |
| Pointy Points quilt | |
| QAYG cushions | |
| HWB covers x2 | |
| DPN cases (number TBC) | |
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| Banjo & Blue (koalas) | |
| DP quilt (re quilting) | |
| Bargello cushions x2/3 | |
| Fabric box labels | |
| Toglet theatre | |
| Woodland garland | |
| Clock | |
| Tunnock’s art | |
| Tea towel something | |
| Pin pennant | |
| Shawl | |
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| Socks for a friend | |
| Socks for others (10 on 1/1/24) | |
| Hat (Christmas Eve box) | |
Green means it’s finished, tap to be taken to the ta dah post
The List (AKA Things Which Have Been Started)
Jeans (2018) Status on 1/1/24: dormant
The Waiting List (In no particular order)
Dressmaking
Long-sleeved tops
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Knitting
Socks - every time I finish a pair of socks, I ask Mr Random
Number Generator to choose a number for me and I identify the corresponding
ball/selection of balls in the sock lucky dip album and then locate it/them
in The Cupboard Of Possibilities. This all the balls of sock yarn I have and
I spent a few days at the start of 2021 creating scrappy sock bags from the
balls of leftovers which is (partly) why I have so many socks in waiting. (I’ve spent a while going back through them recently and making new socks in-waiting kits from the leftovers created since 2021 and…the total keeps going up *sighs*)
Socks for others - there are currently ten socks (for seven different
people) on the waiting list, not all have yarn assigned to them but they all have a confirmed place on the list.
Shawl - I also have some beautiful laceweight baby alpaca
(honestly, I could sit and squish it all day long) and I think it needs to
become an enormous shawl. Pattern yet to be decided.
Quilting
Pointy Points quilt
QAYG cushions from these LV scraps. I have the wadding scraps set aside so all I need is the time/energy/motivation.
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Hot water bottle covers Same fabric as this one and perhaps with a penguin a piece but with different binding (as I
don’t have enough of the pink gingham)
DPN cases Probably one for each size and labelled in some way
so they’re obvious without opening them. Perhaps stamped numbers? Or
little tags? No decision on fabric, but I think it’ll be lightly quilted
and then made in the same way as the hot water bottle covers.
Door stops for the kitchen as the two I have are looking a
little, um, worse for wear. I think I’ll make them with removable covers
so they can be washed.
Banjo and Blue A friend in Sydney sent me the
pattern for these gorgeous koalas and then sent some ear fur with a mutual
friend from Canberra who was coming over. That friend also gave me some
fabric and I think they’ll make perfect koalas - I even have enough fur
and fabric for both Banjo and Blue!
Drunkard’s Path quilt. Again. Yes, despite finishing this
quilt once (with diagonal quilting) in 2014 and then again in 2019 after
quilting in all the ditches with a heavier weight thread (in the hope of
stabilising it enough so that the original quilting would stop snapping),
it needs quilting again. I’ve been using it quite a bit in the last few
weeks and I keep hearing threads snapping if I move/pick it up ‘wrong’ so
I, going to have to unpick all the diagonal quilting and re do it.
Unfortunately, I’ve somehow destashed the heavier weight thread I used (I
no longer by that brand because I don’t trust it) so I’m going to see if I
can find an alternative.
Pouch A yarny friend loves teapots and teacups so this fabric
(or some of this fabric) will become a pouch for her. Not decided on
pattern yet, maybe a Bloem Basket?
Needlework
Bargello cushions
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| Two or three cushions based on this bargello purse (not these colours or necessarily this pattern) using gorgeous blue velvet for the back (a gift from my friend Salley) |
Miscellaneous
Fabric box labels
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The fabric boxes need labels which don’t fall out (Dulux changed
the size of their paint charts between me getting the white boxes and the black ones) - I’m going to sew scraps to pieces of card. |
Toglet theatre
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This is going to be a Toglet Theatre/display unit for tiny
knickknacks. It needs sanding (which has started), painting and a new backing board and fabric. |
Woodland felt garland kit from Pretty Fabrics And Trims which a kind friend bought me to do while recovering from covid
Clock - this little clock sits behind my sewing table and is a
very handy wee thing when you just need to glance up to check the time.
Unfortunately, after several years sitting on the sunny windowsill, the
background is badly faded so I’m going to replace it. Not sure whether
that will be paper or fabric but when I find the right thing/print, I’ll
know.
Tunnock’s art - I’ve been saving the wrappers from teacakes
and caramel wafers and have a couple of canvases I’d like to create some
pictures on. I’m not in the least bit artistic and can’t draw a straight
line with a ruler, but would like to have a go at some simple collage with
fussy cut details. Need to narrow down the options and choose a
theme/topic. Mini Archie would quite like it to be Sticks I Have Luffed,
which at least sounds straightforward.
Tea towel - I maybe a tote bag?
Pin pennant - Mini Archie has his own pin pennant and I need my own. I’m thinking
about a mini quilt or banner or hoop rather than the traditional pennant
shape.
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| This is mine pin pennant from mine luffly chum Lock. |
2022 End of year report (Fettling score = 20)
2023 End of year report (Fettling score = 41)
What a lovely collection of projects!!! Wishing you the best of luck with your 2024 work and Fettling!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful projects. Good luck :)
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