...so in conclusion, I better get the previous rounds blogged, right?
I received this embroidery-bliss package from suzettra in the Make Mine Modern Swap. The hoop is hanging in my sewing room, and the size 5 pearl cotton has already made friends with my size 8 balls. The pouch is actually a lot more than it seems; there's an inside pocket and and outside double pocket on the other side! Perfect for on-the-go stitching. :) And! 1001 Peeps! Good thing I stashed some of what I sent off, so now I have a pretty decent collection for that extra special project. The blues are perfect. And cute little stationery cats!
I need to remember to finish sewing earlier so I can get decent shots of things before they are sent off... surely there must be a saying about a late-sewist and her finished items are quickly parted? This was a project plan that took a weird turn...
E was a very verbose partner! ;) But also very easy-going, but still, you try to make them something that they will really really like, you know? Anyway, I had started out with a red and purple palette of scraps that I had bought, and nothing about it really gelled for me. Seriously, I felt like I was on a client challenge on Project Runway or something, where the client's tastes felt wildly different from mine, so it took awhile to try to get into her head. I ended up with the knitting project bag first (it's an enlarged lunchbox bag from Pink Penguin), as something I would like... that I hoped would overlap with her tastes as well. And then, because I kept thinking it wasn't completely right for her, I made the knitting needle wrap too, in shades of red and black and silver, which isn't my first choice for colors, but is definitely something she loved. I wish I had gotten better pictures of the back, where I did some straight line stitching, spaced in a Fibonacci sequence. (It's surprisingly easy to sew with the seam guide!)
Previously... here's the Pretty {little} Pouch Swap: this is what I got from the lovely Kiza:
I think it's very fitting that her little flower detail in the stitching is what inspired me to put a little flower in my stitching as well! It fits my laptop on-the-go accessories perfectly. She's also right... that print fabric is amazingly silky soft.
And here's what I sent... I really had fun with the hand stitched embellishments. Hopefully I didn't over do it ;) Originally I had fusible fleece on the lining pieces, but piecing+linen+foundation muslin makes for a pretty sturdy outer, so I tore out the fusible. I guess the foundation muslin works as a sewn on interlining.
My favorite part is the overlapping diamonds... I had this design mocked up in Illustrator so I could figure out a fitting hand-stitched embeliishment. I was trying out mirrored zig zags to make diamonds, and accidentally made this pattern! Happy (digital) accidents!
I sent along some coasters made from scraps... I was on a serious self-imposed challenge to use the fabric that I had picked out, AND try to use up scraps in a cute but different way. The turquoise was the lining for the pouch.
I love this shot, so I am including it, just because.
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