Flosstube #7: Having fun in May - Week 1! Which one is your favourite WIP?

Summary AI

Barbara from Bavaria, host of MrsFaraway_stitches, shares a week one update on her 'Having fun in May' challenge, where she stitches on eight different projects over eight days. She begins with housekeeping, welcoming new viewers and thanking fellow stitchers who have mentioned her channel, including Stitch o'Clock Diana, Garnzauberin, and Stitcher Sam. She then walks through each of the seven projects she worked on during the first week, showing progress and sharing her thoughts on each.

• Barbara introduces her 'Having fun in May' challenge, stitching on eight projects over eight days.
• She shows progress on Sweet Summer, a Tiny Modernist mystery SAL, and shares her mixed feelings about the VW Bully motif.
• She works on Paris in Spring, finding the Eiffel Tower section repetitive but rewarding.
• She highlights her love for Ink Circles' Reflections of Scotland, stitched with variegated silk.
• She admits Pretty Little Tokyo is taking longer than expected, having started it as a Christmas gift in 2023.
• She discusses frogging a section of Bella Filipina's Daughters of Estuary due to a counting error.
• She shows her Long Dog Sampler Ragnarok and a custom project bag made using a tutorial from Elizabeth Ann Can Stitch.
• She stitches on her Bayeux Tapestry kit, noting the challenge of the backstitch-heavy design.
• She finishes with A Victorian Christmas Samplers and Stitches, adding just two rows of the skirt.
• She apologises for being unprepared and having a cold, but remains enthusiastic about the challenge.