A card

[angrboda]

Someone I know is in hospital and likely to be there for a while. It's serious, but curable. I thought I'd send her a card and then I got ambitious. I'm actually mighty pleased with the result in my own modest way.




I got this bowl of pansies for free from DMC's site. The hospital doesn't allow real flowers, so I thought it fitting to stitch her some. I hope it will cheer her up a bit.

I stitched the design on 14 hpi aida with two strands, one strand for backstitch. Then I attached it with double sided tape to the purple card and finally made the running stitch border with four strands.

Things I have learned:
-Half stitches. Not a fan. Argh! The backstitch on this design has loads of them.
-A felting needle is excellent for pre-poking holes in the card for the running stitch I put around the edge.
-When doing running stitch, try to avoid to do it through the double sided tape. My needle and my fingers got all sticky!
-It feels ultra-strange and wrong to use four strands at the same time.


Additionally, my Husband is interested in 3D printing. I asked him to make me a thread sorter. I'm not keen on those made of card. They feel so flimsy to me.



This one is two millimeters thick and has no sharp edges. I'm such a lucky girl :)

Comments

[mmegaera]

Lovely!

[angrboda]

Thanks. :)

[bearshorty]

Very pretty.

And great thread sorter. I like easy labeling on it.

[angrboda]

Thanks. :)

That was another one of the things I wanted. Easy labelling and re-usable for a different colour.

[lilacsigil]

That would be very cheering where no real flowers are allowed!

[angrboda]

Thanks. That's what I'm hoping. :)

[brighidn]

That is cutey!

[angrboda]

Thank you. :)

On 11 September 2015 at 23:09, brighidn - DW Comment <dw_null@dreamwidth.org</p>

[tarnera]

Super late, but that's a really cute card and I love the thread sorter. I'd possibly even use one like that, as opposed to my current method (sorting things into plastic baggies, haha.)

[angrboda]

Thank you. :) Husband has made me a couple more since then. I asked him to make the holes a little larger and he made another which is two holes longer. And I'm still short for my current project. :) I need a system for when I'm done with a project but haven't used the colour up, really, so I can free up some more holes. Haven't really worked that out yet.