I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had been asked to provide a project for the members of Abbey Quilters to do at our first meeting of the new session , on the second Tuesday of September. I had decided to do something based on my thistle stitchery pattern, but hadn't really developed the idea. Then, yesterday, I had a lightbulb moment, and decided to design a sewing kit. So I removed the borders I had previously added to the stitchery I had worked. From left to right, the thistles are stitched with running stitch, back stitch and stem stitch
I cut a piece of felt the same size as the stitchery, and another piece that was half the height (the black area in the top left corner is a shadow ....... the sun managed to come out just as I took the photo!)
I marked and stitched two lines to make pockets
I then decided to sub-divide the pockets, to give nine small pockets into which I could put lots of sewing bits and bobs
once the extra lines had been stitched, I cut a piece of fusible web and bonded the felt to the stitchery - but I forgot to take a photo of that stage! The last stage was to add binding
so here is the finished sewing kit, filled with my bits and bobs
the first side folded over
and then the second
to finish - there was a slight hiatus on Sunday when I went to work on my next stitchery. I discovered that I had only prepped the first sixteen, so I had to sit and baste the next sixteen to the wadding. Having forgotten that I hadn't done them, it was funny that this was the next stitchery!!