Stitch Magazine Issue 100!!

What an achievement for the lovely Kathy Troup...

...editor extraordinary...

..and great friend!!

I am so sad to see here leave her post...

...but with a new grandchild...

...and lots of ideas to follow...

...she's earned her "rest". Ha!

I have an article included here...

...my punchneedle bag called "Dreamtime".

Design based (loosely) on Aboriginal patterns, hence the name.

Here's a close-up of the punchneedle panel...

It's done with a Cameo Needle Punch...

...available in my shop here.

I used Wonderfil "Razzle" for my sample..

(also available from Cotton Patch)

...but many other threads can be used too.

I'm going to be picking up my punchneedle again soon...

...as I have LOADS of pattern ideas going around in my head!!

Watch this space...

:-)

x C

..a little "hussif" on the way...

Seeing as I am going to be away from home a lot more in the future...

...I've decided to make myself a little "Hussif" to keep all my stitching bits and bobs together and safe.

So...

...the first step was to print a cover.

I pulled out a few pieces of dyed Egyptian Cotton, and used a beautiful block from Colouricious with fabric paints from Colourcraft.

Some of the edges came out a bit on the blobby side....but I thought "A bit of machine magic will soon take care of that!"

This was the one I chose to stitch first...

...using these lovely rayons given to me by Andrew of Wonderfil. :-))

Machine threaded and ready to go...

..I used a tiny straight stitch to go around all of the printed design.

...and then, after putting on the backing, spent this morning hand-stitching beads all around the edges...

That's the cover completed, but there's no more stitching today...

..I'm off for falalas in Brecon...

Insides will be tackled on the morrow.

x C