Slow Stitched Needle Cases

A true reader of my blog knows that I like working with wool felt. I like touching the natural wool felt and I also like the TrueFelt and colours which offers TrueColours. The A4 sheets are just perfect for small hand stitched projects like my favourite needle cases for example.

Some time ago I was searching something and found two beautiful cats pictures printed on fabric. I bought those years ago from the author Zuzana Honsová.

I had to use them immediately. I spent a happy evening combining materials and threads.

My plan was machine sewing, I used a machine-sewn blanket stitch around the pictures. But then I decided for hand stitching and spent some following evenings stitching and embroidering the collages.

  

And here is how they look inside:

Happy stitching!

Michaela 

Needle Cases

  

After weeks and months of working on my exhibition quilts I felt a great need to work on something small and cute. In times like this, needle cases are one of my favourite projects. I like to use wool felt from TrueColours, it is an absolutely luxurious material.  This time I combined machine sewing with hand embroidery and beaded embroidery. Unfortunately I sewed in the evenings and there was little light  for taking pictures, so I cannot show you the „work steps“, only finished pieces.

Happy stitching!

Michaela

A Needle Book in Blue

 

I must announce a new fabric arrival - I ordered fabrics of the collection Hedgerow by Makower. It´s a great collection with a beautiful panel which I plan to use for a baby quilt.

I ordered also two coordinating fabrics, both of them very nice, but this one is just amazing!

 

Such great details! And the blue colour looks very japanese. I had to use it right now.

My dear colleague Jana was the last one in our office who hadn´t any needle book from my hand. As it was her birthday on Saturday, I decided to make one for her.

Jana provides our family with eggs from her mother´s farm, that´s why the hens:

Look closely - a fox is sitting under the tree!

Some small details, machine stitched and hand embroidered: 

Happy stitching!

Michaela