Now that we are just over two weeks into the new year, I thought it was time for my first report of work on my collection of kits. Before starting anything new, I decided to finish up various kits, one of which only needed its little hanging loop made and attached
next to be finished were these two little cross-stitch kits, which Malcolm gave me for my birthday last year. I haven't yet decided to do with them ....... but I will probably incorporate them into some sort of needle case or sewing bag
I had made a start to this sashiko pincushion last year (after having the kit for about ten years!)
I marked out the sashiko pattern using a special pen - the marks vanish when ironed
it didn't take long to do the stitching, then I popped it on the ironing board, ready to remove the marking pen
the marks vanished as soon as the iron touched the fabric - so much easier than any other sort of marking pen or pencil that I have tried in the past (but of course I always do a test first, so make sure it will come off the fabric)
I had already made the little pincushion to go inside the cover, so it didn't take long to sew it all together
I shall use the pincushion when I finish this sashiko sample, which I started at a recent Abbey Quilters' meeting
the next kit to to be tackled will be this one - it shouldn't take too long to make the two birdie brooches
when we were in Hawick this morning, we had a potter round the Oxfam shop, and came home with these goodies, which were all on the "reduced" table. The serving plate was 50p, the mirror (which will be decorated with driftwood or corks) was £1, and the knitting needle box was 99p