Easter Purse & Pink Rose Purse Finished!

Just a quick post for today everyone. I wanted to share the photos of my two latest finishes.

First, the Pink Rose Purse:



and, the Easter Purse:



I used to be able to get handles at WalMart with the little hooks on the ends and I could put them on after the project was completed. Unfortunately, WalMart does not carry purse handles anymore. Scott takes me up to JoAnn's for them but they don't carry the ones with the hooks. Turning these purse right side out with the handles in there is a challenge. As you can see, it can be done!

A quick note about my Garden Fantasy Mystery Stitch-Along Project. The fabric color should be white.

Angel Purse - Stitching Complete

I finished up on this project last night:



Lavender and aqua are so pretty together aren't they? If all goes as planned, I'll sew this one up on Friday.

In the meantime, here are pages 20 & 21 of my vintage needlework catalog from the 1930's:





Click on the images to go to my Flickr site where you can see the large version.

Enjoy!

Update On Angel Purse

Just a quick update for today:



I'll be back on Monday with information on the Garden Fantasy Mystery Stitch-Along Project!

Angel Purse Ready For Beads

The seam treatments are ready for beading now:



That vine will have some Silk Ribbon Embroidery on it and I expect to add the angel soon.

For my Counted Cross Stitch Readers, a new Mystery Stitch-Along is coming very soon. Check back often for updates.

Here are pages 16 & 17 of my vintage needlework catalog:





It's a short post for today everyone! I have to get to work on that mystery project!

Angel Purse Continued

I didn't quite finish the border on the left-hand side of this block. Had to stop and make dinner.
Anyway, to continue on with my discussion on balancing a block, another way to do that is to do variations of the same stitch.

If you look closely at the border on the top right, it's a fan stitch. I used a different fan stitch on the bottom left corner. This offers a bit of visual repetition without being redundant.

I'll have time to work on this some more later but for now, I'll leave you with pages 14 & 15 of my vintage needlework catalog:





Be sure to click on the image to go to my Flicker site to see the large version. Check out that Cutwork Ship!