Hello my dear friends,
it's been a while again hasn't it ? There has been all sorts going on here these past months but I have still managed to keep my mind and hands busy at times which is so needed.
As many of you know, I LOVE to sew by hand! Hand sewing is so calming and very rewarding to me. You also know that I just love to work with drop cloth and I love to crochet. With that in mind I recently used my favorite drop cloths as the base for my newest needle books... all 8 of them. Together with old lace and tatting, my crocheted little flowers that I hand dye, hand dyed cotton batting and seam binding, I created some lovely pieces and that is what I am sharing with you today. I had planned to post them earlier today but not everything always works out as we want it too, does it!
But here they are!
Firstly my "Butter Cups" needle books.
I have always had a thing for butter cups, even as a kid. I thought the were the prettiest things that could grow and when thinking of using them in my newest creations, I was so happy and excited about it.
Beautiful Karen. Happy Weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you dear Kris and to you too. Hugs.
DeleteHello. Nice to see a new post. As usual your creations are lovely.
ReplyDeleteYou are so kind, thank you.
DeleteKaren: So very pretty and petit.
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Thank you so much Catherine.
DeleteYou little works of art are so pretty. I really like the crocket on them.
ReplyDeleteI haven't done any hand sewing for such a long time.
Thank you, you are so kind. You really should start hand sewing again. I find it so rewarding and fun.
DeleteHugs,
Karen B.
So delicate and feminine. When you speak of hand dyeing, are you referring to botanical dyeing? If so, I am assuming you used buttercups for the yellow, what did you use for the blue? And did you hand dye the ribbon as well?
ReplyDeleteHi Penny, thank you for your kind words. No, I use dye from Dylon. It is such a great product and yes, the ribbon is also hand dyed. Have a nice day.
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