Sunday 2 November 2014

Simply Vintage





At the risk of repeating myself I am truly blessed. Yesterday, I had a fabulous day with members of region 13 at our area day in Crosby. The speaker was a very talented lady called Nichola Hulmston "Ninneynoo". She told us about her journey so far in the world of stitch and mixed media which was really interesting. She has recently started selling pieces of her work in her Etsy shop. Nichola's pieces where full of vintage charm as well as childhood memories and where a joy to see. The afternoon work shop was great, we turned an old shirt cuff into a vintaged collage needle case. I turned up with a black shirt cuff and though it is a gorgeous, it did not quite go with the vintage theme.  However, my lovely friend Gwen kindly gave me her two cuffs as she was not able to stay for the afternoon. I decided to make Gwen's needle case first. I sat with my fab LB friends and our lovely region coordinator Val. We all had a great time lots of chatter and laughter oh yes and lots of coughing from me (sorry girls). When I got home I finished Gwen's and I then had to make one for myself. Here are the two vintage collage needle cases. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that Gwen will like hers. Now sadly, its back to uni work :(

8 comments:

KaHolly said...

WOW!! These are fantastic! Gwen will be so pleased. You are a kind and thoughtful friend.

Joan Mc said...

How dare you finish two needlecase Mine is still in my bag! I do have an excuse as my family were around for the evening including a meal. Like you i really enjoyed the day, something a bit different and a speaker with something new to share. love Joan

Susan said...

Hello Joan did you notice your little daisy lace flowers on mine? Thank you for those they are super cute.i want to do something with the black cuff i took but its only in the tinking stage at the min. X:)

Lin said...

What a great I idea - i like them both. Good of you to finish Gwen's off too. Sounds like a great day. xx

Kath said...

how lovely. what beautiful work.

jemima said...

Fabulous Sue, what a clever lady you are

Susan said...

thanks Jemima X:)

Chantal said...

Oh! what lovely needle cases these are!! I showed on my blog a cuff turned into a little pocket to put my USB keys and Lin (who follows you) told me what you did with a cuff. I'm glad I came by to see these. If you are interested here is where you can see my little pocket: http://atthecornerofscrapandquilts.blogspot.ca/2014/11/design-wall-monday.html#comment-form

Did you cut the cuff to make it look so oval? Thank you for the inspiration.