Holiday

Returning back home from a holiday is interesting time. Especially when you have a month time to get ready for a show. I need to put up few things with craft teachers. My part will be stitching. I seek old projects and figure out few new ones. So far I have designed small black work project which won't be black at all. I also need to do small Hardanger thing. I have no idea yet what it is going to be. I just ordered a fabric for it. So, July will be all stitching under the sun.

Sheets and lace

We must have sharp brains because it seems that all pillow cases are full of tiny holes. I end up sewing new pillow cases from granny's old good quality sheets that are manufactured then when everything was made to last lifetime and longer. I decorated some of them with old hand made lace that I actually bought ridiculous cheap price from an antique shop at late 90's. I bought tens of metres that lace (all they had) and these are the last ones I have left.

100% cotton sheets are easy to dye if the colour is not what you want. If the lace is made of synthetic fibers it won't change the colour. The lace I used is 100% linen but I won't dye these pillow cases. If you don't have any lace you can make pillow cases without decoration or use folds that are fast to sew by sewing machine. My own design but easy to do by anyone.

I designed and made also a tiny dress for a new born baby. The fabric is actually quilt fabric. When you seek fabric for children clothes you should go through also the quilt fabric collection. There is always very beautiful alternatives. And the figures are small enough for baby dresses too.

She got also a cute mouse which design is from old Finnish Uudet käsityöt (13/1997) craft magazine.