Fettling mid year review

So! We are now half way through the year and it's time to see what progress I've made on my fettling list!

First of all id like to pick my favourite project and I think it has to be this dragonfly. 

Ticked off in 1st half of 2026

Temperature embroideries 2023

Temperature embroideries 2024

Cherry blossom sashiko

Redo construction of 2021 and 2022 temperature embroideries 

Large mandala 

Medium mandala 

Small mandala 

Redo bunny pixie basket

Pressing mat from ironing bag

Pages read 2025

Floral Alphabet sampler

Dragonfly embroidery

Not bad at all!! Some of these are quite large projects. Considering I ticked off three things in the first half of 2025 I'm pretty chuffed with this list.

I haven't added too much to the fettling list, really only any new stitch alongs which come along. I might add I a few more Seasonal things from the waiting list as the year moves along. I'll be keen to see how many things I have had waiting for a while Ticked off by the end of the year. I'm really pleased that most of the things ticked off have been waiting for a while to be done.

I hadnt thought of adding reading to my fettling list. I tend to keep that separate i have done a midbyear round up of that here.

I'll add this stat about my reading here for brevity 😊

Ok 156 books so far 🤣 many of these are very short stories I think my average daily read is 186 Pages which is fine I think, I see my listening has gone down a bit, I think this reflects that im sitting up most of the day now which is good.