Under the Sea Needlecase: Received in a group exchange

I had the pleasure to receive this gorgeous little needlecase in a group exchange done on a Crazy Quilt group that I was the co-owner at the time.

This little jewel with an "under the sea" theme was created by Elsie. This is a view showing front and back of the needlecase.

I like to keep my embroidery needles in different needlecases depending on what they are used for. I have put my Brazilian embroidery needles in that case because she does lots of Brazilian embroidery so it would be easy for me to remember what kind of needles are in this one and there are also a few other needles for some special projects.

Pierrette =^..^=

Blue Bouquet: Hardanger

I believe that this was my very first hardanger project. I had purchased this kit from Nordic Needle called "Blue Bouquet" designed by Rosalyn K. Watnemo. I think that they are still selling it on the web site of Nordic Needle at http://www.nordicneedle.com/ as well as others.

I finished it as a little decorative pillow. The stitched design size is about 6 inches all around.

Pierrette =^..^=

Lace Ribbons: Pillow

I have already posted earlier (a post that was made during the week of 10/15/06 - 10/23/06) a photo of this blackwork project and am now adding this new one after I finished as a flat pillow.

This is a Dakota Rogers EGA GCC (group correspondence course).

Pierrette =^..^=

Crazy Quilt Needlecase

While I was part of a crazy quilt group I made this needlecase. It was a design by Peggy White of New Zealand.


The project was originally made for a little purse, but since I felt that I would probably never use it, I decided to finish it as a needlecase instead. It is bigger than my other needlecases so I can store lots and lots of needles in it.


Here is a link to her website where you can see the little purse in question: http://www.kalikokottage.com/cgi-bin/kaliko/kal.pl?section=projects


Pierrette =^..^=

Stitching Accessories trio: Gift that was made for me by my very best friend Terry

This little stitching accessory trio is one that I use on a daily basis. My best friend Terry made it for me a little while back. She knows that I have always adored Brazilian embroidery so she stitched it all with BE making very tiny flowers and leaves using the smallest Edmar threads on some silk dupioni fabric. It is really gorgeous and quite useful as she made the needlebook, pincushion and scissor fob. The bright color of the fabric also makes it easy to spot no matter how much stuff I have on my stitching table :-)

Pierrette =^..^=

Little Angel: Gift that was made for me by Jill

I used to co-own a crazy quilt group and one of our member made this wonderful little angel in a smaller size to go on some miniature knickers that a few of us were making as a big joke for my friend Terry who lives in England. When I saw it, I immediately fell in love with it and wanted to know how to make one and Jill offered to make one (bigger size) for me. I could not wait to see it upclose and I was not disappointed when it arrived a few days later at my house. It has been hanging on a wall where I do my stitching ever since :-)

Pierrette =^..^=

Little treasures

I was looking at all the lovely things this morning that were stitched by some of my friends over the years and I thought that it would be really nice to add some of them on my blog for all of us to enjoy :-)

Pierrette =^..^=

The Oriental Fan

This is a little project that I have stitched some time ago which had been created by one of the member of the guild I was part of. It is called "The Oriental Fan" and was designed by Jackie G. Le Vasseur.

That was a cute and fun little project.

Pierrette =^..^=

Rhapsody

Rhapsody before and after framing.

Rhapsody, an Amybear design, is a project that I have done a few years back.

I remember that there were so many people interested in that project at the time that we took the decision to create a Yahoo group only for those of us who were interested in stitching it. I think that we were well over 100. That group still exists, but nothing much is happening nowadays.

Most people decided on their own colorways instead of using the white, blue and red that was shown on the original chart.

I have used some Vikki Clayton's fibers ( #5 silk perle) for this project (warm fall colors). Her website is http://www.hand-dyedfibers.com/

Pierrette =^..^=

Hapsburg Lace Sampler with border

Well, now my sampler is totally done with the border that I have just finished stitching all around it.

Next step is to bring it to the framer and let her do her magic :-)

Pierrette =^..^=