As I've had problems with my internet connection lately, I started the year concentrating on cleaning up and sorting out my work-space/studio - a never-ending job it seems, as I gladly allow myself to drift off the cleaning and instead start arranging the freshly found objects into some new projects ...
Anyway, I've come to the conclusion that I have a lot of interesting stuff there in my stash and really should dig into this before considering any further shopping adventures - does that sound familiar to you ;-)?
But of course there must be exceptions, like for haberdashery or bargain leavings and leftovers ... :-)
On Etsy, I recently found a bag of coloured fulled/felted cloth scraps for sale and thought they would be nice to combine with some wool thread embroidery on felt. Actually, I've planned to use them together with pieces of old sweaters, felted in the washing machine - and maybe some embellished/punched wool as well.
So I started with a small project - it's a cover for a wheat&lavender cushion - the type you heat up in the microwave or in the owen for comforting warmth.
About a fortnight ago, Elizabeth/Landanna wrote about her needlebooks and how dear they are to her. Her description of them was so inspiring, that I suddenly felt the urge to possess a needlebook, too ...
All materials were already there in my stash - I just had to put them together!
And while working on the cushion cover, I've simultaneously started stitching on another little needlebook, using the same materials as for the cushion ...
Guess the cleaning-up has to be postponed again!
(German summary: Beim Aufräumen fallen mir immer wieder interessante Materialien aus dem 'Fundus' zu - und ich lasse mich gerne ablenken! 'Nadelbrief' hat für mich so altmodisch und verstaubt geklungen, bis ich das Posting von Elizabeth/Landanna gelesen habe - und mir auch ganz dringend eines machen mußte ...! Der Wärmekissenbezug ist aus Walkstoffresten auf Filz - da kommen noch ein paar Stickereien hinzu.)
4 comments:
Beautiful little needle books indeed! You put your materials to good use.
xoxo Kim
Well this means that even cleaning up and out can be an inspiring process as well. The needlebooks look great, they were just waiting to be assembled.
Thanks for the comments, girls!
(But it is yet only one needle book - the first pic is the front, the second from inside ...)
I love all these little things. they are such a good decoration for the work space. you work even happier(if this is possible!)while watching them! facile cecile inspired me also to do much more "felt embroidery"!!
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