With Needle And Thread, I'm Happy

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Another take on a Dorset button. This time fashioned as a pendant in green and gold.

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Sashiko

Little pocket book. Kit from Bebe Bold in Lismore NSW

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Thread Wrapped Buttons

While rummaging through my late mother-in-law's button box, I found a number of wooden buttons, not realising at the time that they are forms for making thread wrapped buttons. A little research has sent me down a new button making path!

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More Dorset Buttons

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Dorset and Zwirnknopf Buttons

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This year's Convenor's Challenge for my sewing group was to use a triangle, a square and a circle to create something "usable". I've used plywood, metal thread and overdyed silk to embellish a notebook cover.

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Ribbon work fritillary

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More Sashiko

Finally finished my last lot of Sashiko for a little while. I backed these 4 hana-fukins and the table centre with a Japanese cotton print so they can be used as reversible placemats.

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Sashiko

This month, I’ve been working Sashiko panels, honing my skills and moving from basic stitching to more complex designs with woven elements.

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Brooches and pendants

These small projects have been completed for a stall my embroidery group will hold in April ... stumpwork, metal thread, laidwork, beading

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Needlepoint

While cleaning out a cupboard, I found a partially completed needlepoint with threads in a paper bag from a store that no longer exists. I think it was begun by my late mother-in-law, so must be older than 35 years! It's now finished and set into a box lid.

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Stumpwork

Another little project completed. This is a scruffy little cactus garden atop a small Rajmahal box.

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Stumpwork

Another little stumpwork project completed. This one features padding and padded slips and measures 3.5 x 4.5 inches. My own design based on a photo.

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More stumpwork. This time a berry garland designed by Jan Kerton and found in "A-Z of Stumpwork"

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Hardanger Christmas decoration

Now that it's been gifted, I can post this Hardanger heart I created for a friend's first Christmas after the death of her husband ...

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Christmas decorations

Each year I make small hoops for family and friends to hang on their trees. This year's features fabric created in another project plus gilt foil, beads and gold thread.

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Stumpwork

Little roundel box lid from a design by Jane Nicholas (Stumpwork Embroidery - Designs and Projects)