Inspired By Spring Flowers – 2
Texture
Once I’d finished the little needlebook, using the little pack from Rowandean, I thought I might have a bit more of a play, and make a scissors case and a pincushion.
So I fished out a piece of dyed silk left over from a book box my mother made for her fine binding of The Wind In The Willows, and a whole hank of fantastical, textured threads, and spent an afternoon tacking them in place and then playing with my embellisher, in order to create a mossy, textural piece of fabric to line the scissor case and back the pincushion.
Inside Scissors Case
Bear with me, I know the textures would snag the scissor blades! I used some of the pieces of gauze from the kit – also run gently through the embellisher – to smooth down the lining. The texture is still there, but it has been muted and slightly smoothed over. And now the scissors will be beautifully padded and protected!
The edges are simply whipstitched – a considerable effort, through two layers of felt and two layers of the embellished fabric, but I’m glad to say I didn’t break any needles doing it!
Scissor Case – Front
Scissor Case – Back
For the front and back, again I used simple stitchery, in undivided stranded cotton. A vaguely wisteria-like (not really Spring any more…!) fall of lazy daisy flowers with French Knot centres enliven the front.
And three wheatear stitch stems (seedheads left over from winter, perhaps…?) decorate the back.
The variegated thread makes all the colour changes happen by magic, and since my other main project at the moment is the 40-count tent stitch of Eve In the Garden Of Eden, six strands of stranded cotton is a blessed relief..!
Oh, so pretty!
Pretty colours. Your back-of-the-case pattern looks like spikes of lavender to me.
Love this! Looks like you had fun with some bits and pieces – a nice change from the larger project.
Very pretty, and I’m sure it’s nice to work on something small and easily completed.
I love doing little pieces like this. Yours is lovely.
A quick project,wasn’t it? What’s next in the list other than the “Eve in the…”?
The embroidery is lovely! I still haven’t had a chance to get my embellisher out ….. I just have too much sewing on the to-do list at the moment.
Lovely stitching!
Looks like the perfect complement to a 40-count project! 😀
How lovely to make the scissors case with pretty stitches. I’ve to do one too.
I’m further behind than I thought! You’ve taken up this whole new hobby and done some truly beautiful things with it. I very much like the scissors holder, and they are so useful!
Your scissor case is very pretty. I love your embroidery.