feed sack patchwork

My first patchwork with feed sacks.

They are becoming quite expensive to buy now a days, but I somehow managed to get hold of few.

It seemed difficult to patch them up, but once you cut them and join them together, they actually match very well.

I now understand why so many Japanese crafters love using feed sacks.

I am going to use this panel on the sewing box lid.

sewing box with red cross stitch panel

I am almost finished with this panel.

I like using French on my Cartonnage, so I have stitched "Couture boite" on top.

I am guessing that it means "Sewing Box".

If not, please let me know!

I am thinking of putting a button at the centre, and chose these two.

This one,

or this

I am not really sure which one to use..

thinking pig.

sewing box with red cross stitch

This is another one of my sewing box I made last week.

The auction ends tomorrow night at Yahoo Japan.

It already has one bidder, so I expect it to be sold at the starting price.

I have got bored with this same patterns on the lid, so I think I will do a panel only of cross stitches next time.

Here are some of my water colour paintings done this week.

I am trying to paint children, but am not successful yet..

Sewing box made with antique linen

I made this sewing box today.

The fabric I used to cover the box is an antique linen from USA.

I only had a small portion of it, so after I used it on this box, there is not much left to use.

So, this is the only box in the world to have this antique linen and my cross stitch on it.

I just love this fabric, and was hesitant to put it into Auction...

But, I have decided to put it into Auction with a higher starting price.

I actually hope it won't sell... : )

This is my next project.

The fabric used for cross stitching is my favourite European linen.

Pattern is obviously from Sajou, again!

The matching fabric is the antique linen I got from England.

I just loved this fabric and couldn't think of cutting it, so was left in the shelf for a year.

Now, I think it is time to use it!

water colour painted by sen 09/04/08

This is a small pouch which you can attach to your bag
to hold your mobile phone, ipod, or digital camera.
It's 12cm long and 9cm wide.

I have used the antique Hungarian linen and embroidered
E from Sajou alphabet charts.
The fabric used for the lid is Liberty.














This is the other pouch with the same fabric, but with
a different embroidery pattern.
This is the bird and the border.

















This is the portable spectacle stand.
I have cross stitched the rose lace pattern on to the European
linen.
The stand is in a shape of tear drop, and the shape is just perfect
to stand the spectacle.
The inside is covered with quilting cotton sheet to protect the lenses.
You lift the flap up when you want to go out with it
This is made using the Cartonnage technique, but this shape is originally designed by me.




I have made this in a Japanese fabric as a gift for my husband's grandmother.
Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of it, but am thinking of making some in another Japanese fabric, just to see how much attention I get in the auction.

cross stitch works

This is the alphabet panel which I have cross stitched by hand in 2 colours.

The fabric I used is the antique Hungarian linen.

This fabric is quite hard to use for the counted cross stitch

as the thickness of the yarn varies in places.

Once you get used to it, it becomes enjoyable though.

This is the counted cross stitch done on the same fabric.

The stitch above is on 2x2, but this one is on 1x1, and so the pattern came out smaller.

It was really hard to pick 1x1, and I will never do it again!

This is the stitches I've just finished, and I will make a small pouch with it

using the Liberty fabric to match the colour.

See the size is larger compared to the above pouch as this one is 2x2.

This is the small bag made by English Interior Cotton fabric.

I'm selling it with 3 fabric sanitary napkins.

When I was making this bag, I wasn't enjoying it much.

I think that's because the fabric wasn't my original.

I think I actually love making things using the fabric which I have embroidered.