On July 19th I’ll be flying to Vashon Island for a 16-day visit with my family there. It’s a six-hour flight, plus the time I’ll be away from home. So I’m making myself kits for needlework. Today I’ve been working on design ideas for a needle book. For the past 18 years, I’ve been using this disgraceful needle book. It’s just some pieces of felt hand-stitched along the fold.
High time I had a worthy needle book, and this would make a good small project for traveling. As I thought about ideas, I remembered the fabric postcard Sharon Boggon had made in August 2006. Inspired by her use of paisleys, I looked for some paisley fabrics of my own. I found remnants of the scarf I had cut up and embellished on my jacket and a necktie of Ernie’s I had saved. I scanned both.
After some tracing on the light box, scanning, resizing, simplifying, and other fiddling,
I now have these designs, for the front and back of the book, traced on linen fabric.
Next, choosing threads.
There is no end to your talents JoWynn….your needlecase will be wonderful…Jill