I’ve still not done any stitching yet. But did manage to cut a thread and put it through the needle left handed while holding the needle in my right. Progress.The toothbrush technique I mentioned last week didn’t work for me.
The Easter bunnies were a Christmas present kit from Lincoln Embroiderers Guild. The coats of mine seemed more spring colours than Christmassy to me, which was just as well as they weren’t finished for Christmas. They’re not quite finished now, they need noses and whiskers but don’t think the others will notice.
The Easter egg mat is a very old PHD from Scunthorpe Embroiderers Guild I came across earlier in the year when I sorted all (well lots) of my PHD’s in to plastic A4 wallets – theoretically with everything I need to finish the stitching aspect of it together to pick up and go. It’s something I started a few years ago, in the main it works quite well, but occasionally things get ‘borrowed’ for new projects and often when a project does get finished the remaining fabrics and threads don’t get returned to the appropriate place. This is problematic when I need a particular colour or type of thread or fabric and results in frantic last minute searching for a requirement list for a workshop or class. Some things I know I have, calico and bond-a-web come to mind, just disappear in to a black hole. One day I will find yards and yards (sorry, metres and metres) of them.
I had when I found the egg mat intended to finish it for this Easter, but it’s not going to happen now. Next year when we can hopefully do the usual Easter long drawn out meal with friends!
This year we were supposed to be in Germany with our dear friends for Easter and both of our birthdays, the three don’t often fall so neatly together, but the best we can do is to remotely eat together – 5 families round different tables. Fingers crossed it works, otherwise we’ll speak to them all individually.
My blog post and some of the links from last week inspired a dear friend in Aberdeen to have a go at stitching. So I’ve sent her some of my stash, I really wanted it to be a surprise, but thought it more useful to find out what she needed and her favourite colours – pink, orange and blue. Plenty of orange, but couldn’t find much, must be in places I can’t get to easily one handed. The yellow sunflower scrap is from a quilt I made for her years ago for her friends baby.
Pinks and purples I only tend to use when I am pushing my comfort zone colour wise or making something for somebody else. But managed to find some.
Blues I do use, sea and beach projects but much less in my stash than earthy and autumnal colours. It was fun and felt creative sorting things to put together. And helped with coordinating in the opposite way to normal, I can now move my finger and thumb together without pain, not for long or it makes my forearm ache later. Patience.
Thank you Hull Branch for the lovely hexagonal box and goodies.
Looking forward to seeing what these inspiration packs generate by a very talented young lady.
Keep safe and well.
debbidipity 
There’s plenty there for your friend to play with. I hope she enjoys herself!
The parcel has not arrived yet. She can’t decide whether to wait for it to arrive before she reads the blog post which will spoil the surprise or to read it first.