Happy mail & a peek of a new project

Just when I needed something to lift my spirits this arrived in the mail from my Danish embroidery friend Carina! How sweet is this needle book? I can store plenty of needles in it and it has a neat little pocket to put some floss in as well. :)  I know (and this is not why she send me one trust me!) that Carina sells these in her shop too. Thank you Carina!


So...here's a little something I've been working on in the past week. I've been 'playing' with Saffron Craig's 'Beetle Bugs' fabrics, trying to translate them into embroidery. I kept the design very close to Saffron's original designs for this line of fabric. Not sure where this will lead but I'm very pleased with this 'Bouncy Bug' design. Even my husband commented on it! (in a good way....)

Wouldn't this be cute embroidered on a boy's pillow case? Or on a book bag? Let me know what you think!

Sunday Stash #39 Boy fabrics

This is fabric I bought to make a baby quilt for a friend of mine. She really likes orange and modern and hip prints and colours so I assume she will like these! Since I (sort of) still try to not buy too many fabrics I only bought some fat quarters of cute Laurie Wisbrun Urban Circus fabrics and a yard of Lizzy House's Castle Peeps fabric for the border.  Maybe I will add one or two coordinating solids and hopefully there are some fabrics hiding in my stash that will coordinate with these fun fabrics!

Sneak peek new pattern!

Yay! I'm nearly done with a new hand embroidery pattern. This will be one which will be great for boys. You can stitch the whole design or just use the smaller individual creature designs. Will be in the shop when I re-open!

Oh and about the price for embroidery floss *shudders* I bought mine for a staggering 2.35 usd per skein. About six times the US price!