I bought this kit at the Eltham Quilt Shop about a month ago but only found time to make it up last week. It will be great to take one of my many colouring books and a few pencils out somewhere and be able to sit and 'colour in' when I feel like veging out :-)
The kit came complete with all the fabrics and a zip, but I made a couple of modifications. Instead of decorating the front with stars, I fussy cut a cat from some patchwork fabric and used that instead.
I didn't need a zip pocket (and I hate sewing zips into anything), so I just made a large pocket to hold the book without the extra zipped pocket.
The In Progress Item is my little batik ocean wallhanging.
I have added a mermaid to it, and have a little seahorse brooch which I will pin on when I have done all the stitching.
Finally, the experiment is something I saw in a library book, and wanted to try before the book was due back. Stitching on velvet. I never thought about doing that before I saw the instructions in the book, which had advice on putting velvet in an embroidery hoop, and how to mark the velvet with the stitching lines. I based my stitching on one of the designs that was in the book, but used some colours that I had on hand.
3 comments:
that's a very practical folder and a cat is much more appropriate :) the velvet really makes the stitching pop, looks fab
Great folder for your colouring stuff and how are you finding stitching on velvet? I imagine that it would be quite difficult.
I love your underwater scene, I have been addicted to underwater scenes this year. I usually keep away from velvet because I find it too thick to incorporate into my work but I might give it another go.
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