We are off down to Longframlington tomorrow ...... I am going to see Anne, and Malcolm (weather permitting) is going beachcombing. So I thought I ought to get a bit more work done on my projects for Anne! I finished the clamshells .......
......and trimmed the piece
I added iron-on wadding, and layered it with the lining fabric
I stitched round the edges, leaving a gap to turn it through to the right side
I looked out a magnetic bag clasp ..... and fortunately I read the instructions, as I will need to fit it before I do the quilting!
the next stage was to make templates for the Suffolk puffs (yoyos) which form the ends of the bag, and for the hearts which are cut from felt and appliqued to the inside to hold needles
I have also been getting on with the embroidery for the Needle Nookie. I have finished the first piece
and am making progress with the bigger piece
I did a little bit of work on my little landscape this afternoon. I decided that I didn't like the trees, and fortunately when I heated them with the iron, they peeled of without leaving a sticky residue. I had thought about doing some free motion quilting before I added the backing, but I decided to put the backing on and make a start to the quilting
you can't see from the front, but following advice from Sheena Norquay during the workshop, I stitched the seams in the ditch using invisible thread (horrible stuff!!). You can see the lines of stitching on the back
it had rained for most of the afternoon, but when I came out of the studio to head into the house to make dinner (a big pot of rib-sticking stovies), the sky had cleared, and there was a half moon ..... but half an hour later the clouds had rolled in again!