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The old thread was getting very long, so we start again! I'll keep Prayer in because it still has to be finished, and Necessities of course.

So here is Prayer Connection, the stitching completed but not finished as a hanger yet:



And here is where I am with Necessities at the moment:

I love the new sampler!!

Both are very nice!!

The prayer one is so adorable!

Thank you for the new thread Mabel and that is a super sampler!!!!!!!

A little something in between -- for the next stitching course one of the projects is a coaster using variegated threads on linen, so I thought I'd better stitch up a few models Here is number one, stitched on Quaker cloth (strictly speaking a linen-mix) using Carrie's Dreamsicle stranded cotton:



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This is an Ink Circles motif, for the course I'll use freebies

love that design!

Very pretty!!!!!!

A pretty design. I do like the thread colours.

That's lovely Mabel, great colours

Very pretty and that thread is gorgeous!

(Grrrrrr at the spammer!)

Beautiful as always Mabel! I love the colors and the pattern. You inspire me to want to broaden my skills!

Even spammers like your work, Mabel... see they even said wow??
Faith

I'm not sure I want spammers to like my work !

Today was going to be my day off, as usual things had to be done first after all but at noon I was free to get on with what I wanted to do , and the first thing, or really three things, was finishing. Two fairly quick ones -- one a card (in my Hardanger thread) and one a coaster made with the Ink Circles design:



And then my Prayer hanger. I'm not very good at ornament/hanger finishings, I don't have any cord or have ever used it, but here's my version -- I made some mental noted for next time when I need to finish something like this, as it's not exactly the way I envisaged, but it'll have to do .

I put wadding on a piece of card and folded the stitching round it, sticking it down (at the back of the card) with double-sided tape. Likewise light-green material (the stuff I used for the Kingfisher cushion) except I didn't use wadding there. Put a sheet of double-sided tape on the wrong side of the card covered in light-green, then stuck the two together.

Then remembered I wanted to sandwich the hanging ribbon between the two sides...

Very carefully teased them apart, measured where the ribbon should go, put it in, stuck everything back. Now the sides were a bit gaping but as I said I have no cord in my stash, so I used invisible sewing thread and just hand-sewed the edges together, pulling quite tightly to give a sort of lacy edge (like pulled thread work). This actually worked relatively well although it didn't turn out as regular as I'd hoped :



and here is it seen at an angle to show the ribbon:



Here it is hanging from a key:



And here it is, right underneath my useless wireless adaptor , next to my desk (also known as the office-under-the-stairs)

Beautiful finishes! Love them both! Especially love the placement of the prayer one

They are both very lovely, Mabel!

2 lovely fineshes mabel.

Beautiful finished Mabel, eapecially like the prayer one, I think the sides look great

Here's the second model coaster (alas with reflection of me in it -- very difficult to photograph, coasters). The design is from Papillon's Serendipity, the fabric is 28ct linen and the thread Carrie's stranded cotton shade Sunburst:

That is scary neat Mabel!! Love the colour combo's in that last one. The prayer hanger is lovely as well.

Niki x