Blisstree » small-projects http://www.blisstree.com Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:05:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 the joy of small projects http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-joy-of-small-projects-114/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-joy-of-small-projects-114/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:10:00 +0000 Chloe Findlay-Harder http://www.tangledthread.com/the-joy-of-small-projects/ Post from: Blisstree

the joy of small projects

]]> I love having lots of projects on the go – I find I get bored when I only have one thing on the go at a time.  Of course, I also come from a long line of women who absolutely must carry a small needlework project in their purse where ever they go :-)

embroidered felt pouch

This is small project I came up with, just to amuse myself.  It’s also a perect size to carry with in you in the car or to do while you’re watching tv.  I cut one long rectangular strip of felt (abur 2.5″ X 8″) and trimmed the edges with my pinking shears.

I cut out two small flowers from felt & stitched them together using a series of  short running stitches.  I think french knots would be a pretty alternative.

The felt flower got stitched to the front & I then hand-stitched the sides closed using more embroidery floss.  I used two contrasting colours of embroidery floss to make the draw-string.

Sorry for the poor photo quality – I forgot to bring my good camera & had to use my cellphone :-)

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