I agreed to swap with three other members of Southern Cross Crazies and always had in mindusing some special patchwork fabric that I bought during a holiday in Linlithgow, Scotland, last year. I bought two strips of fabric, each strip was made up of twelve 3 inch square pictures with Christmas themes. The strip that I used was traditional Christmas images while the other strip was "antiqued cream/beige" background with red-work Christmas pictures.
Each swap partner will receive a fat pincushion with a matching needlecase. Both have hanging tags so they can be used as Christmas ornaments and then once the festive season is over, they can be used as functional items. I am always on the look-out for ways to conserve space in my studio so I made these pairs of items so they can be hung from a hook...........the needlecase hanging from the pincushion which hangs from a hook on the wall. Alternatively, they can be hung from drawer handles......whatever the ladies wish.
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One pair of Christmas ornaments cum sewing items. I hope the girls like my pressie when it arives. |
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Sorry about the angle girls, these were on the wall and I, being height challenged was underneath with the camera pointing upwards. |
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These are the three sets of pincushions and needlecases. The sun really picked up the gold thread in this photo. |
My big achievement is that they are finished well before time so I can now move on to my next project - a UFO - finishing the hot pink and black tote bag for Debbie at work.
5 comments:
Viv, these are beautiful... Well done.
These are simply beautiful! How lucky are the ladies who will receive them!!!
Lovely! The tags are such a clever idea too - space is at such a premium in sewing areas always!
How lovely these are Viv.
Love these!
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