This has been sitting around since 2007 for it to be turned into a needlebook – how do I know? ‘cos I dated the back!! I was panicking about doing the finishing, and as you can see from the below photos attaching the lining is FAR from perfect, and well it just doesn’t sit as nicely as I had hoped … but it’s done now, which feels awesome! I haven’t touched much of my finishing pile since everything got put into storage 2 1/2 years ago, but eventually now I’d like to start building up my finishing confidence once again and get back into the saddle …
I also started doing a quick cushion finish of a few Christmas ornies yesterday, and have been using one of them for a tutorial – that should be completed over the next few days, depending on what time I get home from work this week!
I also started doing a quilted wallhanging of Mum’s Prairie Schooler Santas, but a spool of thread I’d had sitting on the machine fell into the bobbin spooler while I was loading up a new bobbin on the top of the machine, and all of a sudden it started jamming and the entire bobbin spooler popper up … now my machine is just jamming all the time, which is a real bugger … so off to the repair shop it goes, and my quilted wallhanging and all those other finishing jobs that need the machine are once again put on hold, ho-hum.
Oh well, to brighten the day I did unpack my teeny tiny stash splurge from The Ribbon Rose – as you can see I didn’t buy much, just a couple of ribbons, some beads, some size 22 needles (for my canvaswork) and some red fabric for my finishing of Random Hearts into a little cushion – and some hand-dyed pearl cotton for hardanger class I’d like to start this year (for a cushion). Next time I go I’ll be armed with my wishlist 
What a lovely needlebook. I have only tried this once and I don’t much like finishing this sort of design, but they are so nice when you can manage it. Lovely new stash, too!
It looks just lovely, Anne
Congratulations!
I hope you are feeling MUCH better now
I love your needlebook! Great finish!! And gotta love the stash, even if it’s just a little bit, double score: the satisfaction of knowing you used self control and the satisfaction of some new stash…awesome!
Hooray for you! That looks superb!
Your needlebook is just beautiful. What a pain having you machine die on you. Lovely stash too.
Hi,
it is the first time that I visit your blog.
Your needlebook is just very nice!
Greetings from Czech Republic
Eva
Very pretty finish! Perfect lining fabric to go with it.
Good job. The design is so pretty and the needlebook is really perfectly finished.
A lovely needlebook. Nice bit of stash too.
Congrats on your needlebook finish! You did a great job and the next one will be even better.
What a lovely finish! I love the lining fabric you used.
Beautiful needlebook!
Nice-looking needlebook, Anne! Sorry to hear about your machine; there seems to be a rash of sewing machine issues lately. Great stash, too. I want that pearl cotton! What hardanger class are you going to do?
The hardanger class is a correspondence course from EGA – I’ve got three classes sitting here waiting to be done, so I thought it’s about time I started the beginners one. I posted piccies a while ago here: http://shakatak66.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/ca-wells-embroiderers-guild-of-america/ The shop was great, it had one whole portion of the wall dedicated to overdyed pearl cottons – very unusual to see!
xx