Here’s the whole clutch:

And this is what it will look like when it’s folded over … just imagine it with a metal clasp – oh, and without all the excess canvas

I’ll let you know when it’s complete!

I wonder how many people have needlepoints at home that they have been meaning to finish, but have not had the time or the energy to complete them?  Or older people who are no longer physically able to stitch?

A quick Google search revealed that there is a large company who does this in the US, and a few needlepoint shops in the UK … but none in Australia (that advertise online, anyway).

If you’re reading this, and are interested – please contact me!  I haven’t worked out prices and such, but am thinking of offering this service as part of my business.  There would have to be certain conditions – such as working on one at a time, and fitting this in with my other activities (such as working full-time and studying part-time!), but if needlepoints have been sitting around for years, what’s a few more months?

Comments and suggestions welcome!

‘Support Your Local Roller Derby Team!’ by violetsphinx:

‘Egyptian Style’ by IrisCorner:

‘Hi, What’s Your Sign’ by williamburge:

‘Burial Treasures’ by julie kelso:

Thank you to these lovely people for including my work!!

There will be a window display of my work for a couple of weeks – I’ll take a pic when I’m next going past

Here’s the last stitch in progress:

And here’s Lily holding up the finished product:

Next weekend it will be taken to the local needlepoint shop to be made up into a cushion – yay! Then it’s photography, and hours of cutting threads and preparing the kit.

Since I’m addicted to cross stitching, I decided to start my Bats Clutch straight away! Here was my process … first, I traced around the clasp and cut out a pattern:

Then I traced the pattern out onto the canvas – the middle will be the bottom of the clutch:

It’s a pretty simple design – just some bats drawn onto the canvas with texta:

I’m really loving the lolly pink and black design, with added silver accents for subtle ‘bling’ effect:

Although I’m actually stitching the first part upside-down

This cute little clutch purse will be a prototype only – I’m sure I’ll get a lot of use out of it! I’ll probably make one for the shop after that

The next one will be for the Adelaide Fringe Festival on March 3, and will be held at Glenelg Library.

I have my first Kids Workshop on Monday.  I haven’t really figured out what I’m going to say, or how I’m going to say it … but I’ve got a whole pile of wool, some (blunt) needles, plastic canvas cut into bookmark shapes and some graph paper.  I think everything else will be fine!

Hopefully some of the parents will buy their kids a cross stitch kit while they’re there

The Bookmark kits will have to wait until another day, and a couple of kits (Astrology and Landscape) were originally commissions, so are not with me.  But here are the others – I hope you like them!

Moon Phases

Diamonds

Isis

Thoth

Spartans

Skulls

Hathor

Planets

La Sirene

Yep, this is how I create cross stitch kits … scribble all over the canvas in texta, stitch over the top, then spend time on Excel making up a graph so other people can follow my pattern.  Probably quite a chaotic way of working … but pre-planning designs is not something I’m good at

Hopefully I don’t scare the kiddies … and create cross stitch OBSESSION, heh heh

The class is half full, so if you’re in Adelaide, give Brighton Library a call on 8229 9988.