When I visited the Festival of Quilts show in 2015 I naturally indulged in some retail therapy and one of my purchases was a canvaswork kit for a scissor keeper from the Sue Hawkins Needlework stand. Well, it has taken a bit longer than I anticipated but I finally have a finished Beach Hut scissor keeper.
The stitching of the canvaswork was pretty straightforward but the website wasn't wrong when it described making up the box shape as fiddly! I had it turned inside out a couple of times to make sure that I was stitching it up properly.
When it came to the instructions for the cord, I was completely stumped. There were no photos to accompany the text and the text just didn't make any sense to me at all. Fortunately I bought a braid making kit at the Knitting and Stitching Show in Olympia a couple of weeks ago, so this was the ideal opportunity to give it a whirl.
It was a pleasure to sit in the sunshine and manipulate the threads around the card to make this braid, even although it undoubtedly took a lot longer than the original instructions intended :)
Sitting in the sunny SW of France it is easy to agree with this sentiment, might be a bit more difficult to hold on to when I am back on the West Coast of Scotland! Still at least now I will have no excuse for losing scissors down the side of the sofa anymore!
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Very cute little finish!! I need something like that - my thread snips keep disappearing on me!
ReplyDeletepractical and pretty too, Sue makes the most amazing kits I always spend time on her stand at the shows. Lovely sunny days here too well 2 days of sun not so sure about today
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable!! What a great idea.
ReplyDeleteSitting in the sunshine in the south of France - you poor thing! Fiona life is too hard for you - how DO you make it through the days? LOL! We got hammered with snow yesterday - what started out as a few gently falling flakes that we thought would dissipate upon "impact", turned into a snowfall of several hours duration :D Some of it melted during the little bit of rain we then had, but our grass is still white in places :D This SHALL pass - spring is here, but the flowers better stay underground for a while longer, lol!
ReplyDeleteJust hoping those 2 or 3 days last week weren't summer........
ReplyDeleteVery cute. Please send sun and warmth!!! I can't wait for winter to be over.
ReplyDeleteSuper cute little beach house / scissors keeper. The cord and card looks like it may be the same as a friendship bracelet. Lucky girl in France.
ReplyDeleteThat is the cutest scissor keeper. I don't know if I'd be able to figure out the braiding at all. . . heh!
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