My car was booked in for a service today, its first since I have owned it. The fact that someone was going to give it the once-over shamed me into cleaning it yesterday, and it ended up taking the whole of the afternoon (it was that bad) but now it's gleaming, and I feel like I have a new car! Still, that didn't leave much time for all the other things planned....I'm still knitting dishcloths, seem to be on a roll with them; and I did make the ruby marmalade, but it's not worthy of a photo as you can't tell the difference between ruby oranges and seville oranges once the marmalade is cooked. I didn't get such a good 'set' this time, and the marmalade is sweeter and lighter in taste - still delicious, but different.
Tomorrow is my eldest niece's birthday, so time to make her a card. This is what I came up with. My stitching is a little wonky, this is all new to me, but I enjoyed doing it, so maybe I'll try some other things soon. I like small quick projects when I'm doing something new. That way I get to try something out first before committing lots of time to it.
I was wondering too how to mount it on the card - you can just see a shadow showing through from the stitches on the wrong side of the fabric. Perhaps I need to use a backing fabric as well? Any ideas? I shall experiment a little more.
1 comment:
Hi diana. The card is gorgeous and if there are uneven stitches that is what makes it special. I often have the problem with stitches showing through from the back and so I use a small piece of iron-on interfacing on thrreverse before I start stitching to help with this.
No sun here today yet but I live in hope (and am sadly back in socks!!) xx
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