2023 - week 52 December 24 - December 31 and end of year wrap!!!

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At thats 2023 done! A super sad finish to the year with mum passing but I did manage to also finish an awful lot of things at the last minute, mainly cos I wasnt sleeping very much Firstly I finished the Adventuresome wrap - the yarns were gifted to me as an advent calendar so wrapped individually and it was great fun!
Dont the colours look great - and all leftovers from my friends projects - thanks B! I also finished a mandala stitchery I had been working on for some time - it was to be a gift for mum :(
And the Little Things BOM quilt which came as a bonus with the other BOM quilt I did - Ive even used green which I never use - and I like it!
On the reading front I finished two books - firstly the amazing Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros - it was even better than I thought it would be and its a 5 star plus read! Dragons, fantasy, romance, and a wonderful fantasy kingdom - doesnt get much better in my opinion
and secondly on audio - the ruins box set by T.W. Piperbrook Again a great listen/read which follows on from The Last survivors - yes a dystopian novel and so very well written and again 5 out of 5 stars!
Now at the start of 2023 I aimed to read 60 books and complete 60 projects - guess what I completed 61 books and 61 projects! Heres the lists! And I couldnt be happier! Books 1. A Trail Through Time - Jodi Taylor 2. Christmas Present - Jodi Taylor 3. The Night Raven (Crow Investiations #1) - Sarah Painter 4. The Happiest Man on the earth - Eddie Jaku 5. Austenland (Austenland #1) - Shannon Hale 6. What could possibly go wrong (Chronicles of St Marys #6) - Jodi Taylor 7. The minimalist way - Erica Layne 8. Fifteen Postcards (The Old curiosity shop #1) - Kirsten McKenzie 9. Year One (Chronicles of the One #1) - Nora Roberts 10. Miss Percy's Guide to the care and feeding of british dragons 11. The Quilt ripper 12. The Lady of Hay 13. Blood and Bone - Nora Roberts 14. Rise of the Magics - Nora Roberts 15. A court of silver flames - Sarah J Maas 16. Virgins - Diana Gabaldon 17. The Oysterville Sewing Circle - Susan Wiggs 18. Nettle & Bone - T. Kingfisher 19. The Embroidered Book - Kate Heartfield 20. Purpose - Lisa Messenger 21. The Reading List - Sara Nisha Adams 22. Wake - Shelly Burr 23. Last Secret Chamber - Phil Philips 24. Mona Lisa's Secret - Phil Philips 25. Glass Sentence - SE Grove 26. Daisy Jones and the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid 27. The Cornish Wedding Murder - Fiona Leitch 28. The Cornish Village Murder - Fiona Leitch 29. 84 Charing Cross Rod - Helen Hanf 30. Journey to the centre of the earth - Jules Verne 31. It starts with us - Colleen Hoover 32. Lost in the Never Woods - Aidan Thomas 33. How Stella saved the farm 34. Beside myself - Ann Morgan 35. A darker shade of magic - V.E. Schwab 36. Never never - Colleen Hoover 37. Nomad - Matthew Maher 38. Sanctuary - Matthew Maher 39. Legends and Lattes 40. A good girls guide to murder - Holly Jackson 41. YellowFace - RE Keuang 42. Resistance - Matthew Maher 43. The bookshop of second chances - Jackie Fraser 44. The Library of the Unwritten Books - A.J. Hackwith 45. A Gathering of Shadows - V.E. Schwab 46. The Winter Sea - Susanna Kearsley 47. A Conjuring of Light - V.E. Schwab 48. The Beautiful Words - Vanessa McCausland 49. A catalogue of catastrophes - Jodie Taylor 50. The bridge Kingdom - Danielle Jensen 51. The good the bad and the history - Jodie Taylor 52. Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg 53. The Traitor Queen by Danielle Jensen 54. The inadequate heir by Danielle Jensen 55. The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway 56. The Paris Secret by Natasha Lester 57. The Lost Survivors Box Set 58. Tutankahem and the Tomb that Changed the World 59. Nettle & Bone - T Kingfisher 60. Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros 61. The Ruins Box Set Projects 1. Wee Three Birds Quilt 2. Anthology throw (knitting) 3. Acrylic weaving 4. Red table runner using leftovers from wee three birds quilt 5. Blue table runner using leftovers from wee three birds quilt 6. Flea Market flowers cross stitch 7. Golden days shortie knitted socks 8. Pairfect knitted socks 9. Tilda fabrics hexi table runner 10. Chandlers cottage pin cushion 11. Fizzalicious knitted wrap 12. Rose City Rollers socks 13. Soldotna Crop 14. Dustland socks 15. Little stitcheries quilt 16. Baa-ble hat 17. Mosaic coasters and tray 18. Placemats x 2 for Gaz and I 19. Stitchery and wooden frame 20. Spectacular hat 21. Country Collectibles quilt 22. Vanilla latte socks no, 18 23. Hot leaf juice socks 24. Shadow box socks 25. Fifth street scarf 26. Margareta beanie 27. Solid sue crochet square blanket 28. Inchworm scarf 29. First felted picture 30. Woven placemats 31. Pots and flowers cross stitch 32. Stack of books socks (maisie yarn ) 33. Streets of boston hat 34. Coventry quilt 35. Drink bottle holder 36. Stack of books socks 37. Rainbow hexi quilt 38. Test knit for heidi socks 39. First spin and plied yarn 40. Cot quilt for baby not finn 41. Kim Diehl QAL 42. Blue squares table runner 43. Jinny Beyer quilt 44. Scrap tub squares quilt 45. Outfit for baby not finn 46. Blue crocheted blanket for baby not finn 47. Return of the lion socks 48. Drawstring bag (chandlers cottage) 49. Granny in lines crochet blanket 50. Hat test knit paper daisy 51. Moo says the cow granny square blanket 52. Campside Cardigan 53. Linen hexi quilt 54. Test crochet blanket - fish 55. Embroidered towels for not finn 56. Neck roll 57. Fabric tray 58. Heart and Home BOM 59. Heart and Home bonus extra quilt 60. Mandala embroidery 61. Adventuresome wrap Well goodbye 2023 you have been hard and Im hoping 2024 will be much kinder Much love to you all and thanks for joining me on the journey xxx

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