Here it is - finally completed at last - "My Floss Organiser" - the latest pattern from Lynette Anderson Designs. My version has been made with these pretty fabrics from Lynette's "My Hearts at Home collection. The front of this floss organiser is decorated with a mixture of applique and stitchery, and I used the applique paper and glue stick method for this applique. Hand dyed Valdani threads in co-ordinating colours were used for the embroidery. Finally a cute scissor charm was used to embellish the front - I didn't have one quite like the one Lynette used for hers, but I found this one in my button tin...
...the little envelope has been appliqued into place, and decorated with a hand embroidered satin stitch heart. This is for storing packets of hand sewing needles, and the appliqued wool birds is an ideal location for storing your needles that you're using. I bought several "charm packs" of wool felt in a selection of colourways a few months ago from The Eternal Maker and these have been so useful for projects like this!...
...the floss organiser opens up to reveal 24 clear plastic pockets, neatly bound and trimmed with hand embroidered fabric strips, and are perfect for storing threads as you can see the colours through the clear plastic. (I'd already got some plastic in my craft box that I'd bought a few years ago from Norway, but if you're here in the UK I'd suggest you try Amazon UK for clear vinyl - I recently bought some more from there, and it was about £2.50 for a metre... it comes folded, and you just need to warm it up with a hairdryer to get the creases out!).
These gorgeous hand-dyed Valdani threads are really lovely to stitch with, and they have been wound onto cute wooden spools. These personalised spools were part of the Thread Club that I took part in last year, and I absolutely love them!
If you'd like to make one of these to keep your threads in too, the patterns are available from Lynette's shop Little Quilt Store, along with the cute scissor charms and spools and fabrics. If you're in the UK Julia at Cross Patch has these patterns and some wooden spools too.
These gorgeous hand-dyed Valdani threads are really lovely to stitch with, and they have been wound onto cute wooden spools. These personalised spools were part of the Thread Club that I took part in last year, and I absolutely love them!
If you'd like to make one of these to keep your threads in too, the patterns are available from Lynette's shop Little Quilt Store, along with the cute scissor charms and spools and fabrics. If you're in the UK Julia at Cross Patch has these patterns and some wooden spools too.
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