A Finished Piece

Embroidery is, by nature, a time-consuming business.  Its intended to be – to spend endless hours absorbed in a pleasant colorful task is an enjoyable thing for millions of people.  But sometimes when working towards a goal it seems like it will never get done; when the number of stitches done is exceeded by the number of stitches yet to do and that proportion seems like it will never change.  So when a piece is finally completed, when it is stitched, assembled, lined and embellished there is a wonderful feeling of triumph and accomplishment.  I was going to wait to assemble all the pieces until I had finished all the embroidery but I really needed to see a final product to give myself a boost.  So it is with great delight and no small amount of happy dancing that I present to you the Moghul Elephant Scissors Sheath and Emory Fob.  For those of you who like the details, it is done in DMC stranded Floss on 18 ct Aida Cloth.   More in this series will follow shortly.

As for now, we are off to Pennsic until the 15th of August.  Hopefully I will come back with wonderful stories memories and pictures.