Finally! I shipped these off to be finished and they have been returned. It's like Christmas!!
The little clutch turned out really nice. This was a Stitch & Zip and so the zipper went all the way around. Now it is finished so it only opens on one side, and lined nicely as well.
The brown/purple piece is a magnet! What a great idea, which I would never have though of. The 2 little ornaments are just so cute and the pumpkin one has a little spider charm that doesn't show in photo. Then there's the bookmark which is really nice.
But the Star of this Show is the stand up. It is 2 sided, with a piece of needlepoint on each side! How cool is that?! Below is the other side:
The little Stitch-N-Zip bag is finished! This is the second thing I decided to finish so I could start new things with a clear conscience!
I'm pleased with the way it turned out, and I used up some stash.
I just need to line the inside and I can use it. Yay!
One day, I thought I'd like to have a small zippered bag to use when I don't want a purse, but need something to hold a few necessities. Not an evening bag. I thought I had a plain Stitch-n-Zip bag that I could design something for. When I went to pull it out, I discovered I had one with a printed design! OK, I'll just stitch that. No thinking! Yay!
WRONG. First I had to change the colors. Of course. I had to keep the blue because the zipper and backing are blue, but I changed the dark blue to Navy. I changed the other colors to be more "me". Because I have a lot of it, I pulled Silk & Ivory. The gold is an old "chainette" type metallic that's been in stash forever, so I decided to use it. It is pretty without overwhelming.
I started stitching. Now, look at this design - nice diagonal lines, huh? WRONG AGAIN! All those "diagonal" lines are not on the true diagonal. No way to get smooth lines. If you follow the printed design, you will get jagged lines. That will look stupid. IMHO!! You can see how much it gets off, quickly, if you look at the thin gold line that starts just to the left of top center. I think by the time it gets to the other edge, it will be clear out of the painted printed gold. But I can't stand it if the lines aren't smooth, so I will stick to the true diagonal no matter what. Grrrrr.
