free motion embroidery

I’m happy to say I did finish the needle books in time for stitching group lastnight. It’s surprising how long it takes to hand paint, free motion quilt, then sew up one of these. Well worth the effort though – the stitching ladies loved them!

The interiors have a contrast fabric, a wool felt pocket and sheet of wool felt for the needles. They fasten with snaps.

So, this afternoon I’ll attempt to continue working on a skirt for me that has involved a little too much unpicking for my liking! Then there are those cushion covers to be made up, the top to be re – dyed, the baby gowns I really should get to, the multitude of embroideries to choose from………….

I should mention that I’ll be running my Christmas giveaway very soon so stay tuned 🙂

Experimenting with dyes and paints is lots of fun but can leave you with a lot of swatches. Being the despiser of waste that I am I’m always trying to come up with ways of using the scraps.

My embroidery scissors had been housed in my needlecase, which was just awful as they were forever falling out.

Ah – much better! If I was going to have a scissors case it needed to be bright so I wouldn’t lose it!

I sewed together bits and pieces of painted and dyed swatches, then practiced my free motion embroidery to make it really interesting.

I love a project that brings together a variety of skills and techniques. I machine embroidered spirals on the front.

And stippled all over the back. Now I think I’m ready to tackle a bigger machine embroidered project!

Finished and well received!

From scraps to….