A Small Sewing Roll-Up ~

I finished stitching that little sewing roll-up I showed you in an earlier posting ~

here it is rolled up and tied with a ribbon in my favorite sewing basket:

~ needful things ~

 it really isn't large at all…

a sweet size of about 5 1/2" x 8 3/4" when opened….

I love tiny things ~

 you can see how simply I stitched this…

using cotton threads and plain cupboard cloth (osnaburg) ~

...the verse I made up & stitched says:

"This is my Needles.

This is my Pins.

This is Where My Stitching Begins.

Mary Simons 9 yrs."

stitched with 1 strand of floss over 2 threads = 32ct.

…then I severely aged and stained the finished piece ~

added a patch of contrasting cotton cloth too…

old & worn

I chose a blue cotton calico for the hand sewn binding,

and a cream/brown cotton cloth for the backing ~

pretty colors

then I stitched on an old bone button

and tied on a snippet of ribbon for a closure…

easy-peasy

 I love how this one turned out so much,

... that I'm already working on the next one :)

~ I love hand stitched details ~

nothing like the look of patching & repair ~ even if it was done intentionally by me ;)

tiny little stitches

I'll share the progress of the others as I get them finished up…

A quiet day here on the farm today,

warm weather & sun/clouds ~

packing & shipping orders

market & banking

Brought Minew to the vet to be spayed this morning ~ 

she is staying there overnight

{{{we told her she was going for a "make-over"}}}

she'll come home tomorrow with a shaved belly, stitches & a tattoo…

and I'm sure she won't be happy with us!

* Blessed be *

 Lori