I've been playing with cross stitch again. The first design needs some tweaks and a border yet but I'll put the simpler one in DBC. Even my husband thinks that these look hand stitched! I've used ordinary sewing thread as it seems to look more authe
Yet another purse - a koala this time by request.
Here is a cat purse (as requested.) Made ITH in denim with a printed cotton lining. (No raw edges and in one hooping.) More animals may be on the way......
Yet another purse. Made ITH, fully lined with no raw edges. I'm quite chuffed with this one.
Cross stitch is my new addiction! It's Martine's fault (I have to blame someone!) I starched a piece of linen and stitched this design without stabiliser. I used matching bobbin thread so that I could compare the front and back of the stitching. (I a
I can't help fiddling even when a design is complete so when Susan (rsehorse) said that my quilted purse design was very girly, I decided to make it even more so! On this one I added a frill of lace around the flap by tacking in into place before adding
What else could I have put this design on?!
More purses - these are made in one hooping and take minutes to stitch out. I've enjoyed the challenge of making these work and I've got a few more ideas yet...
These purses are diamond quilted and made in two hoopings. Fully lined with no raw edges. I'm really pleased with them.
Another purse - not a zip in sight! While I was pressing the zipped purses, I folded one in half and realised that the shape would lend itself to a purse with a flap. This sent the engineering part of my mind into overdrive and it came up with this. It is
Even more zipped purses. (Tell me please, if this is getting boring) I decided that I prefered the square quilting to the diamonds, so I redid the larger purse design. Unfortunately, when I tested it, I didn't position the back very carefully and I had t
Zipped purses. When I posted a couple of pencil cases, there were some suggestions of alternative uses. (eg crochet hooks and make-up brushes.) This gave me the idea of making "portrait" orientation purses with an oblique zip (to give a wider opening th
One for the nerds. Unfortunately "geek" can't be done! This is just a test stitch - I haven't decided what to do with it yet.
Germanium Nickel Uranium Sulphur at Martine's suggestion. (Plus element 120, of course!)
Ask a silly question. It occured to me that I could use an element not yet discovered.