I could quite easily copy/paste the same info as last time we met.
Still plodding away on the reno at MIL’s (deck done, but the weather isn’t conducive to concreting so Mase & I have been planting like mad things)…he took the photos from this last batch. It’s cool to have a gardening buddy. We knew the tags are unlikely to stay with the plants, so at least we have a rough idea of what we planted in this batch. His fav is the Fireworks.
Still radio silence from the SIL (I’m about ready to tell her not to come up, but that would hurt the MIL & actually, I need a break)…
Still working slowly on Fairy Idyll…mostly hour chunks when I can get control of the TV remote from Mum! We watched The Great NZ Bake Off last night, and the guy in the photo was eliminated. GF sponge cake is hard, y’all.
I did start and finish CloudsFactory’s The Princess Bride, as a tribute to William Goldman. If you haven’t seen the movie, you’re in for a treat. And it’s PG, so family safe. I think I want to add his name and dates to the bottom tho. Appropriately, this is on Cloudburst 28ct Lugana from Countrystitch.
Now, because the stitchy bug has been gone, or superseded with all the other things, I didn’t post in either the Oct or Nov WIPocalypse pages. I’ve given up on Stitch From Stash, as I have been buying ALL THE THINGS and really gone ridiculous (for me. Maybe not if you’re Katy the Stash Queen). I am daily anticipating the first parcel from 123…and the fabric from Catherine at Countrystitch. I went for Urewera Mist (that mottle one). I’m going to return Gail’s Fairy Idyll chart as I have my working copy & will hunt out an original for myself. I really, really want to work on Shakespeare’s Fairies so I will, once the fabric arrives. Stitching & guilt shouldn’t go together IMO, & I also know that if I do park a Mira for a while, I will always return to it.
So – here’s the Q&A I missed from the last two episodes.
October 28 – Do you prefer to stitch on a rotation or one project at a time? I’ve tried rotation and it doesn’t work for me. I prefer to leave a project out on the bars rather than pop on or off…& I usually have a car project with me to break up the monotony of being monogamous.
November 25 – What new stitches or techniques did you learn this year? Eh – nothing. I brought back some embroidery (two hoops, whoop-de-woo) & perfected my pin stitch, but that’s about it.
sewscrapmuse 
Sorry that the family drama continues. Who needs it?
Exactly. I’m not looking forward to her drama when mum does pass either
Don’t even let me start with how that went with my siblings!
I wasn’t going to! I’m quite safe in assuming it goes as well and is as much fun as a snowball fight in hell.
Beautiful flowers! Makes me want Spring to arrive now even more. I just LOVE your Fairy Idyll!! Your fabric choice is superb! Makes me want to rethink mine. I have that one all kitted up. I have a gray ombre fabric kitted with her. We’ll see what I decide when it is time to start her.
As for your questions, I do like one at a time projects, but was convinced some years ago to do a “Round Robin” with many projects and it seems I haven’t gotten back to one project yet. But I am working on it as it is driving me crazy having so many going at once. What have I learned this year? A bunch of crochet stitches. Still working on that blasted crochet blanket. Well more not since the tendonitis in the right elbow is still not healed. I will get back to it one day 😉 Happy Stitching 🙂
I’m thinking about a crochet class next year. I learn better in person than via youtube & I want to be able to make some pretty things