...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
