My Bed is a Boat

...is the name of my new pattern, and I'm very excited about it. I hope to have it in the shop next week! The idea for the pattern came from the R.L. Stevenson poem My Bed is a Boat. And that is exactly what I used to pretend when I was younger. :)

I made some sketches months ago after I read the poem but when one my fellow Hoop up! Stitch and Send stitchers Marilyn came up with her 'Sweet dreams' theme I just had to make it into an embroidery pattern and embroider it for her. Right now the embroidery is not finished yet but I'd love to hear what you all think of it! (and yes, I know you can't see all the details yet...)

Ravioli for your embroidery

 

I try to be careful with my embroidery needles and not place them thoughtlessly on tables, in the couch (yes, you read that right, I stick my needles in the couch) etc., especially with two kids in the house. But often I am frantically searching for a needle not sure where I've put it or what happened to it. So I made myself an embroidery needle cushion ravioli style. As you can tell from the photo it was very crudely made but it works for me! It's just a small square piece of felt, a scrap of fabric and some poly filling. Now I only need to remember to put my needle into the ravioli cushion during breaks. :) 

p.s. I wish I had pinking shears to make my little cushion look even more like ravioli!

Sunday stash # 27 Mmmmm...

...I bought some of Denyse Schmidts Hope Valley fabrics a while ago. They took two months to arrive so I sort of forgot what I had ordered and now I' m not sure whether I love them or just like them. I'm a big fan of 30's inspired fabric designs so no problem there. But I think I would have liked these fabrics even more if the colours would have been just a tiny bit brighter. Maybe I should order some of the pinks or oranges too?
p.s. the photo of these fabrics isn't great, too much sunlight you know :) (yay, spring!)

4160

 

I must admit I have a slight crush on DMC colour variation 4160. I was unable to catch the gorgeousness of this floss in the photo I just made. (Even though spring is in the air and the sun makes all photos look better!) This floss is incredibly subtle in it's colours, ranging from hints of yellow to the palest of pinks.

I'm using quite a lot of it in my second Hoop up! Stitch and Send project with a 'Japanese Garden' theme. A project which I started with confidence, then I lost the plot a bit. But after some un-picking and re-stitching I'm totally happy with how it's looking right now.

In other news: last week I got a question if the 'Alphabet Tree' pattern was also available in a 'boy' version. I actually had made sketches for that last year, so I think I will work these out to a 'real' pattern. I'm even working on a second 'boy' pattern now and I'm very excited about it. Will show more of that new pattern soon!

Hope you are all enjoying the warmer spring or cooler autumn weather now. :)

Alpine Adventures

 

Last week we spent some lovely (mostly sunny!) days in the Bavarian Alps (in Southern Germany). I had to give up my attempt at learning to ski on the first day though. Not only because I have a problem with my right knee (which hopefully be resolved soon, possibly through surgery) but also because I got ehm... a little scared. Luckily the girls didn't share my fears and they learned to ski pretty quickly.

In the picture a bottle of Apfelschorle, a fizzy apple juice kind of drink we enjoyed there. Along with many bratwursts and sauerkraut. :)

Will be back with a crafty post later this week!

Sleeping fox & co.

 

So here it is my first finished embroidery for the Hoop up! Stitch and Send Swap. I really spent a little too much time on this embroidery, considering I have another 5 embroideries to make.  I've asked myself many times why I thought it was a good idea to do the fox with about 5 different colours and without a decent plan! But here he is.

John sent the pink, blue and purple floss I used for the leafs and at first I wasn't sure what to do with those colours. But now I think it really is an essential part of the design and I love them!  I'm enjoying this swap a lot and am very much looking forward to making my next embroidery. 

I'm having a small break from this blog this coming week, so I hope to see you all back here in a week or so. The Follow the White Bunny Etsy shop will be closed too during that period from tomorrow evening on.

Dandelion fluff and Golden Apples

 

So...I'm nearly finished with this new pattern. I loved embroidering the Dandelion Fluff using two different flosses:  Dmc variegated and Dmc Color Variations. Dandelion Fluff and Apple picking reflects a feeling of late summer to me and I hope it does to most of you too! This is a very special Apple tree though because it has a golden apple. In Greek mythology  the golden apple often is a symbol for discord but in Norse mythology it was said to give to gods eternal life. Whatever it means, bunny doesn't seam too sure if she should pick it!

p.s.

During the kids' Winterbreak, the Follow the White Bunny Etsy shop will be closed (that is Saturday the 20th until the following Saturday) and I will also be taking a blog-break then!