Add embroidery

Got myself a treat and purchased a combined sewing-stitching machine. It was put to good use immediately.

By the way - the red shoulder bag was inspired by the spiral binder from an old calendar.


All bags are lined and have an inside compartment.

Christmas in Summer

Received a few of those nets they sell the Christmas trees in and went right to work. The nets have a silvery shine so they are great for clutches.


















But this time, there was also material with a little bit of blue in it. It was just sufficient to form the bottom of this beach bag. I lined the inside of the bag with potato nets to make it more sturdy. 

Shoe bags

Didn't know that shoe bags are needed until I started Scottish dancing. Now I see them everywhere.







 

Thread net

For embroidery the thread is quite slippery. They sell you nets to put around the spool. Well, here is a new use for your throw-away fruit nets!

While we are at it...

My father used to dig out the roots of the trees he felled, turn them around and "plant" them into the garden or the sitting room for decoration. When he died, bobbin-lacing one of them felt like the thing to do.

Bobbin lace of Spain

Recently, visiting Valencia, I was flabbergasted to see that the Spanish are much into bobbin-lacing with a little bit different technique than the German crafters. Their bobbins do not have a sheath enabling them to work with thicker thread. This prompted me to use my trash...

Clothespin storage

For some reason I only had one of these handles, inherited from my grandma-craftswoman. It was perfectly suited here.

Welcome spring

Zucchini net revival - and other nets

Covering

A guestbook for my sons wedding was needed. That got me into making notebook covers.

Oooohm work

Still keeping it up with the potato nets.

It is a mindless stitchery and not very challenging, but perfect for relaxing after a long workday. It gets your mind right off things and you produce nice little things. I used some of them to gather tourist information about trips we took.

Pallet, clothespins and tapas forks

No nets this time. Pallet! We got into the Christmas mood at a garden center. My partner was inspired to build himself a snowy church which I did not want so that I designed Münster's town hall instead using all sorts of weird stuff for decoration. As much as I like re-using - the forks were new.

Fancy that

My daughter's old handbag was doomed. The color had faded and the pearl stitchery was missing beads. I still kept it, because it made perfect lining for another project. I was just about to make some new outside using nets and felt when I found shiny turquoise leather in my stock.

More on this theme

Now that I got the hang of it I'm on a roll ...