A Special Gift

 The Embroiderers Guild here in Stratford is the next in the region to celebrate 40 years. We are a small guild just 10 members, and it was decided to celebrate the occasion at the Regional Day we host in October rather than June when the anniversary would be and there was other things happening on the calendar.  I decided to stitch one special gift to mark the occasion, my gift to the guild that would be a lucky draw at the gathering. I had done this several times before for the Coromandel guild and each time had made a set of needlework accessories, it make it special when you know what you have made will go to an embroiderer and hopefully will be used and treasured.

40 years is a Ruby Anniversary so I decided to do a favourite set of cross stitch design stitched in red this time. Finally finished yesterday I wonder if this might be the last time I attempt to stitch a set like this, have found age is catching up with me and although I have always thought of myself as a slow stitcher,  I find I am now even slower, don’t work so well stitching for long periods  of time and the complete set has taken far longer than planned.

The set has a needle book

 Scissors with fob in embroidered sheath

Pin whimsey

Tape measure

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My Peacock needle case

This is  a lovely needle case for a special gift,  I'm not sure where I found the original idea it's so long ago but over the years I have made several for gifts each time choosing motifs to suit the person I was stitching for, this one with the peacock was stitched for Ann B.

I'm now sharing the idea with Fiona and Diane, at this stage I am not stitching another one I'm working on completing a secret project for our guilds 40th Anniversary which is this month so will be able to share that with you later.

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Sharing Friends stitching

 I’m thrilled to share finished pieces from my stitching friends, Fiona and Diane, we meet every Wednesday morning to stitch on projects together, in my last post I shared Fiona’s little mouse roll now I am able to share Diane’s one .  Love how they have both stitched different flowers for the seasons my original one stitch in 2011 was also different.  Note Diane chose tiny holly leaves and berries for winter they are delightful.

During the holiday break Fiona finished her tiny whitework pocket, it is a small delight  stitched using three different techniques

 We start this month on a new project and Ill share with you when I next post