With needle and embroidery threads, I stitched a little gift card, with four tiny pink butterflies.
Little hand stitched card.
On a leftover piece of watercolour card, I drew four floaty butterflies lightly in pencil. Using the point of a needle, I pin punched their outlines ready for stitching. With a dark and a light pink thread for their wings and a chocolatey brown for their antennae, I sewed in simple back stitch to complete each little butterfly.
Stitching butterflies.
One tiny stitch at a time.
Sitting out in the warm shade on our verandah, sewing one tiny pink stitch at a time into the card, I thoroughly enjoyed this process, so much so that I lost track of time completely while stitching butterflies.
Meg
What a lovely craft activity to do on these slow days. Kathy
ReplyDeleteIt was a really enjoyable process and quite a simple craft. Perfect for slow days! Meg:)
DeleteLove your card.x
ReplyDeleteThanks! It will make a lovely card to put with one of the drawstring bags I've been making recently. Meg:)
DeleteI LOVE your butterfly card Meg, what a lovely idea.
ReplyDeleteI am glad it brought you peace for just a little while. It is good to find something to draw our attention away from the world for a bit.
xTania
It's lovely to lose track of time for a while, Tania. I enjoyed this process so much that I am keen to make some more stitched cards. Hope you are find that little bit of peace too in your home and garden. MegXx
DeleteYour card is absolutely beautiful Meg. Simple & lovely. What a pleasant activity. Julie xx
ReplyDeleteThanks, Julie. It was a lovely, simple way to make a card. MegXx
DeleteIt so pretty, Meg. 😊
ReplyDeleteSeeing this reminded me that I didn’t touch my redwork embroidery for a while now.
I hope you will get back to your redwork soon, Nil. It was looking lovely! MegXx
DeleteHow clever to punch the holes first! I usually end up tugging the thread through which isn't nearly as relaxing.
ReplyDeleteAs I was making all those tiny holes, Lucy, I was thinking of Montessori's pin punching work. 🤗 Very relaxing! MegXx
DeleteOh-so-pretty. What a sweet idea. X
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed making this little card, Jules. It was a simple but lovely process. MegXx
DeleteBeautiful work. You are very creative & artistic. Here in GA, USA I am trying to get much yard work done. All of my gardening efforts get dug up by the yukky armadillos!!! Your posts always encourage me. Maybe I need to get the sewing basket out!! Mary Ann
ReplyDeleteGoodness! Armadillos in your garden. I can only imagine how much they like to dig things up because we don't have them here in Australia. Instead, we have bandicoots which can really make a mess when they come to visit. It can look like someone's drilled holes all over the lawn!
DeleteI hope you'll find inspiration for a project or two in your sewing basket. I am finding that I am really enjoying simple sewing and stitching during these more complicated times.
Stay well and safe, Mary Ann.
MegXx
Those are so sweet, Meg. You are such an artist...
ReplyDeleteA simple, but beautiful idea.
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