Sewing Box

A little take-along sewing box to hold the bare essentials.  The design on the lid was inspired by these cute baby shoes:

Stitch Idées, vol.5

Since my space was circular, I added a few trees to fill the background and to make it more scenic.  I also designed a companion piece:

A shepherdess pincushion.  Though there's not much to her, it took a good amount of stitching and re-stitching to get her just right.

The original design was simple-- a girl in a homely smock dress with a head kerchief and a shepherd's crook.  But when I started stitching her, I couldn't figure out how to distribute the colors and select the stitches.  I knew she had to have some areas filled in order to have enough substance to coordinate with the exterior embroidery; still, I didn't want her to become too bulky.  Her dress was the most difficult part-- should it be just outlined, partially filled in, entirely filled in, or with a little design... maybe an apron?  In the end, I gave her tiny french knots to mimic the round flowers from the meadow.

For a one who's only an inch and a quarter tall, she certainly gave me much to think about!  But I think she turned out all right in the end.  In fact, I'm quite happy with the whole project-- it turned out just as I had in mind.

And Did You See...?

I've been featured on HandmadeNews.org! You can read my interview here.

Comments

[Miss Paula]

I think the sheperdess is so cute and perfect!

[seashoreknits]

i love that little sewing box and pincushion SO MUCH. that little shepherdess is so sweet - you did a perfect job. thank you so much for sharing this.

[Patricia Fontes]

so beautiful things! I wish I can sew and do things beautiful like that! Congratulations! LOVELY!!!!!

[elisabetha]

those designs and your execution are incredible! the shepherdess is especially sweet...just perfect.

[Jennifer]

Oh wow these are so gorgeous and cute! And congrats on the feature!

[Carin]

How beautiful, the shepherdess came out lovely. Embroidery looks like so much fun!