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Acorn Needlebook all finished

Anne S

A very big happy dance today as I not only put the final stitches into my Acorn Needlebook, but I also spent the entire day curled up in my stitching chair doing the actual finishing – not 100% perfect by any stretch of the imagination, as this is my first attempt at this style of finishing, but I’m pretty pleased with the end result 😀

So, without any further ado, here is my Acorn Needlebook by Periwinkle Promises…

Periwinkle Promises-Acorn Needlebook 1

Periwinkle Promises-Acorn Needlebook 2

Periwinkle Promises-Acorn Needlebook 3

Periwinkle Promises-Acorn Needlebook 4

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Brightening my life one stitch or one card at a time, and sharing my joy of needlework and card-making.

20 thoughts on “Acorn Needlebook all finished”

    1. The one thing I’d recommend when you start stitching it up is to check the thread count of the linen – my needlepages etc just barely fit on the leftover fabric … and you might remember that I only left 1/2″ margin outside the backstitched line of the main needlebook before I started cutting! I ran out of the Gold silk and ended up having to substitute with a NPI one that was a little bit lighter and more yellow, but passable. Also, I ended up with a slightly rectangular cushion, which is probably more to do with my counting issues, but when I measured the “correct” width where I’d counted correctly it was supposed to measure 2 7/8″ (I think) and it actually measured 3 1/8″ … which meant that when I held up my long narrow piece for the sides and wrapped it around the pincushion, it didn’t fit! At that point I was ready to chuck the whole thing in the bin … but then saw I had one sliver of long fabric left which was the ‘full length’, and it was just barely wide enough to use for the sides … if it hadn’t fitted I sure as hell wasn’t going to unpick all the inside lining. Anyway, those are my tips to keep an ‘eye out’ for when you start it. I have an awful thought that the fabric was the wrong count for the instructions 😦 And one reason it took me the entire day to finish it!

  15. That looks lovely Anne. Well done on the finish. I know I need to get my butt into gear and do some stitching. Only 7 weeks of tech left, so then I should have some time on my hands 🙂

  16. Woohoo, it’s absolutely gorgeous, congratulations!! And, having seeing this, I can safely say that you can kick any residual worries for the Leporello finishing straight out of the window 🙂

  19. It looks lovely, if you didn’t tell us otherwise, we wouldn’t know the headache it caused you putting it all together 🙂

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