I had a busy afternoon on Saturday, workinng on the Top Secret project. Fortunately it is only what it is for that it a secret, you can see what I was doing. When I have a busy sewing afternoon, Malcolm makes sure that I keep my energies up by supplying me with hot chocolate, complete with frothy milk ......
....... and in case I was peckish, half a salted caramel cookie (there had been an odd number of cookies in the packet) and half a mince pie, which had been part of the "meal deal" he had for lunch on Friday (a turkey and stuffing sandwich and a coffee - as the mince pie was wrapped, he brought it home)
I played some more with folding paper to make the scissor holder, as I wanted to get rid of the long point at the bottom
with a good idea of what I wanted to do, I chose two of my four fabrics and a thin cotton wadding
I cut out an eight and a half inch square from each fabric and the wadding, layered them and stitched round the four sides, leaving an opening to turn the fabrics through to the right side
having pressed the square I folded it in a similar way to the paper, but it was a bit lumpy at the bottom. So I turned it back through and cut a corner off
then stitched across the corner
I turned it back through to the right side and pressed it, and slipstitched the opening shut
I topstitched a quarter of an inch from the edge
the first fold, with the edge handstitched in place
the second fold pinned in place
ah - that's better with the flap folded back
all the handstitching done, and a little button added to hold the flap in place
then it was on to the next part of the project, a hexagon pincushion, using English paper piecing
it didn't take long to stitch the first side .......
...... you might recognise the film I was watching!
we have a stall at this year's Southdean Christmas Fair (I was going to show you the super poster made by Lindsay, who organised the crafty day I was at on Sunday, but it is the wrong sort of document or some such technical thing!) I haven't made anything yet (oops), but Malcolm has been beavering away in the garage. He has made lots of driftwood trees
and has branched out (yes, a groan for the pun!) with driftwood mirrors - the third one isn't quite finished. (sorry, not the best of photos - the things were propped up on the kitchen table for some quick snaps to email to a friend)
for years we have saved wine corks, with vague ideas of making things with them. I think you will like what Malcolm has made - a mirror edged with corks, and two pinboards, which I think look so good they could be hung on the wall as art!!