My Main Goal for March

My main goal for March was to complete the little pouch designed by Anni Downs that was our project at Scrub Stitchin’ in 2024.

There’s nothing like a deadline and accountability to get me moving. If it wasn’t for making this my goal for March it would be sitting there until who knows when.

I worked the little stitcheries in January 2025 and then started the wool appliqué in August, but that is as far as I got.

I can’t say I’ve enjoyed making this project.  Part of that was the fact that there was a tiny mark on the main fabric.  There was plenty of fabric, but Murphy’s Law prevailed and I cut the pouch from the end with the mark.  Doh!   You can’t see it now, as I created a tiny bee to cover it.  One fortunate thing was that, purely by chance, the little trail now comes from behind the button.  It was meant to be.

In the end, just to get it completed, some of the hand stitching became machine stitching.  This was due to the incredibly wonky and crooked stitching that I was doing.  I just wasn’t happy with my work.

Anyway, it is done and I am now happy with how it has turned out. 

First layer unrolled.

Fully unrolled.

And the back.

I’m very happy to tick this one off the list. That is eleven UFOs completed so far this year.  My aim was to complete twelve, so I think I may have to revise that number to something a bit higher.