How I make my embroidery scissor holders 28th Sept 2011

Liam dear,

Liam when we visited Venice 2009 Happy memories

I will be thinking of you on Tuesday. Happy happy birthday. Love Mamies

Well this was meant to be written on Wednesday but it is now Friday!!!!! Not sure how that happened but I bet I’m not the only one it has happened too??????  Even my 12 year old granddaughter complains about the days slipping past to quickly!!!!!!

Last week I told you about the mini wasps that had visited us, well not sure if it was the same ones but they moved back in to another spot and one objected to me going near that area & left a visiting card on my right hand,  wowwwwwwwwwww what a punch his sting had I applied an antihistamine straight away but in 4 hrs my hand was so swollen I could not sew!!!!!  So I hit back they are no longer able to sting any one else. I have a saying leave me alone & I will leave you alone out in the garden!!!!!!!

This week we have a mini Cymbidium orchid flowering

Mini Cymbidium Orchid

and the strawberry plant is flowering again and look who else is enjoying this beautiful wee pink flower??????? He is having a lovely feast!!!!!

Is the flower HUGH or the grasshopper a midget???????

I have found  a little time for my Peaceful Pathways and almost completed  my 4 blocks, I have one block that I need to sew the HST on to & I could be doing them now but chatting to you ALL instead??????? I have completed 1/2 the centre completely

Top 1/2 finished of Peaceful Pathways

it is the top 1/2 in the photo; & I’m very happy with it, it is such a cleaver design as it keeps your eyes moving but restful. Hopefully over the weekend I will finish sewing on my padded hearts on the last two blocks so I can sew it all together next week.

I have just finished making a scissor holder

Tiny Scissor holders

for a friend & one in the processes

Pattern for scissors holder

for a Xmas present.  It is a simple pattern made from lightweight cardboard, glue wadding of your choice (which you cut 1/4inch smaller than cardboard pattern) , thread and fabric. I have used some heavy embossed Japanese silk for these ones.  Enlarge photo to see the two pieces used for the back which I have added the wadding too and glued down the fabrics to the back of the cardboard; these are now ready to be sewn together; join the two backs with tiny stitches to make the back of the holder, do the same for the front two pieces then join both sets together using a herringbone stitch see finished holder. Start this joining of the front & the back 1inch below the side of the front edge as this makes the finished holder more flexible putting the scissors in and out.

I have also started making my thank you & Xmas Postcards but only finished one so far???????  As I love to add bits & pieces they take me ages to complete!!!!

I have used part of a very very old piece of embroidered linen that was beyond repair but now has a life extension for some one special??????? Who ever embroidered this exquisite piece made the tiniest stitches imaginable. Click on photo to enlarge to see.

Till next time!!!!!!