Holiday Stitching - Winter Reflections Hardanger

I have just spent the last 10 days on Ile de Re, a beautiful island off the west coast of France, just over the bridge from la Rochelle.  What a beautiful place, full of sunshine and the most beautiful light in which to stitch.

Last month I designed a little hardanger pincushion ...

Winter Reflections Pincushion

... so over the course of the holiday I decided to design a piece to go with it.  I had origially thought of turning it into a needle book, but when it was finished I decided it would look just perfect mounted on the lid of a hand-painted box.

Winter Reflections Box Top

Now I have a box for my pincushion and other stitching bits and pieces.  Both designs were stitched on 28 count Antique White evenweave using DMC perle #8 no 712.

And here is what I did with the inside of the box - I lined it with some scrummy chocolate coloured silk fabric.

Inside of the box

The Pincushion and Box Top designs (chart only) are available to purchase from my Etsy shop  https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheCommonThread1

It's a Dog's Life

Whilst I was photographing my latest piece of work-in-progress this is what Millie, my lovely labrador, was doing:

And here is a sneak peak of what I was photographing - the design will be released at the beginning of September.

Lavender and Daisies .....

The Common Thread

I am on a bit of a roll here!!   The Common Thread is now on Facebook.  You can follow me there on https://www.facebook.com/threadsincommon?ref=hl

The Common Thread

My new Etsy Shop

I have finally got my Etsy shop up and running.  I have listed lots of beautiful Chameleon Threads; some counted thread work kits and some silk ribbons.  There is also a beautiful silk ribbon garland called "les Fleurs".  It is fully kitted with full packs of ribbon and all the needles and fabric, plus a very good set of instructions with colour photographs.  If you are interested and would like to visit my shop this is the link https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheCommonThread1?ref=si_shop

These are some of the Chameleon Thread Collections I have listed for sale:

Cottage Garden - Perle #8 collection

Lilac Border - Perle #8 collection

Vintage Elegance - Perle #8 Collection

... and this is les Fleurs