English Christmas cushion
English Christmas cushion by Shepherd’s Bush
Natural brown linen (32 count)
Stitched with DMC
Here’s the second stocking stuffer kit I treated myself to last Christmas. At the time, I was so busy with handmade gifts that I wasn’t able to make any of the holiday decorations I had hoped to stitch. This year I’m starting early, beginning with this needle roll, and there are two larger projects by Victoria Sampler and Theresa Wentzler which I’m hoping to begin soon so they’ll be ready to display come December.
This needle roll is a little different from the Tudor one in its use of a few specialty stitches: herringbone, pattern darning, and pulled thread. I also like the beads sewn to the lace points.
By the way, this is my favorite dish for keeping beads handy while I’m working. It’s curved just right so the beads naturally gather together and stay in the center, not threatening to escape all over the table. It’s originally a sauce dish; I bought it and several other different ones at Shiga’s Imports. They’re the perfect size for holding beads, blending filament, floss bobbins, orts … pretty much everything. They look great, too!
April 20th, 2009 at 4:42 am
Heather, love your blog.
Since you don’t want the name, think I will call my blog Stitching with Lefty!!! Whoot. Left handed embroiderers represent!! LOL.
April 20th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Go for it!