Stitching for 2011

This Camelia Pouch is the first thing I have made from a gorgeous book I got for Christmas. Filled with lots of tiny hand made makes - every page is tempting me to make something.
Most of the projects say they can be made in an evening or a few hours, but this one took me about three weeks as I didn't have a lot of spare time to stitch.
I did enjoy doing the hand stitching and found it quite therapeutic.
The pouch is just the right size for my mobile phone, although I was making it with the intention of using it for my MP3 player - I will just have to make another one now. It is felt lined and padded with an extra layer of felt and trimmed with scraps of felt and fabric made into flowers with lots of tiny beads stitched on. I was really pleased with the result and keen to start something else now!

New Year - New start!

Well here we go - New Year already. I have been absent from this blog for so long I almost forgot my password!

Still here goes - getting a tad more time to myself now so hopefully get more making done.

Tag book on the left made for Art and Soul swap on Flickr - button on every page. It felt really good to be making something again.

I have been doing more stitching of late as it seems to make less mess and I can carry it around with me.

Need to sort out all my boxes of stuff to see exactly what I have got, so I was determined not to buy any more crafting goodies in the sales and so far have been succesful. Off now to start sorting through all hose crates and boxes to try to form some order in my storage system!