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Sorting out threads. My system isn’t very neat or systematic for that matter, but I love that I keep them in a Georgian portable writing desk. It sort of feels like the perfect metaphor for me. But I think it is time to what to do with all the stitched things I have made in the past year in. Very occasionally I turn things into cushions or cards, or give them away but I have no idea what to do with this lot. Answers on a postcard please? #needlework #embroidery #craft #eighteenth #writerscraft
#embroidery #craft #needlework #eighteenth #writerscraft
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Jennie Batchelor
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[Edited to add alt text: picture of a Georgian writing desk with marquetry detail full of DMC threads on cards - which need sorting! - and various needles having and cross-stitched floral projects]
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Kate Watson
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This was on purpose, right? #ShowThread
A screenshot of Jennie's previous post, with a 'Show thread' text link and then two pictures, the first of which is a beautiful case containing embroidery threads and the second some examples of embroidered fabric.
#ShowThread
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Jennie Batchelor
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@antinomy I wish I. Plus say it was. No idea what happened there or where my alt-text descriptions are!?!?!?
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Kate Watson
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At best I can manage moderately complex cross-stitch from someone else’s pattern.
A framed cross-stitch embroidery of autumn fruits and leaves.
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Kate Watson
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I really can't take the credit, I just followed the pattern (there's another three in the series, I'm currently working on Winter, they take me about two years each because I keep forgetting I'm supposed to be doing them 😂)
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Jennie Batchelor
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@antinomy I think you should take the credit. You can totally mess up a cross-stitch kit. My mum HATES sewing. Always has. One of her most embarrassing childhood memories was being at primary and finally getting a drawn out cross-stitch vaguely right, being asked to go up to show the teacher and lifting it up on the realise she had stitches it to her skirt and was showing the class her underwear. Completely true story.
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Rachel Wright
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Needle books? Small pouches for make up or tech? Applied patches for garments?
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Jennie Batchelor
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@virtuosew great ideas. I think the needle book is a great one. Will get thinking cap on…
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@Jennie Batchelor I had to do it, sorry, not sorry
A (fake) postcard addressed to Jennie Batchelor / @Jen / @c18.masto.host with a badly drawn fedipost stamp. The text, in tiny cursive, reads as follows. 21 November 2022 Dear Jennie, I love your portable writing desk, and using it for embroidery thread is a great idea! As for your gracious embroidered pieces, may I suggest making a hussif, a roll for sewing tools? The big piece on the top left may also work as a pocket, as long as there is enough space between the two flowers for the slit? With warm regards, Valhalla
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Jennie Batchelor
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@valhalla Hands down this is my absolute favourite Toot! Thank you so much for your postcard, fabulous suggestions and putting a smile on my face this chilly Monday morning!
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@Jennie Batchelor you'll see people that show devotion to being silly, here on the fediverse, and I'm not even one of the best (worst?) :D
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clew
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More a for-the-future than a do-with-these plan, maybe; but I find bits of embroidery are easier to give away and use if they're on

A handkerchief
A tea-towel
A napkin
A bandana/headscarf
A furoshiki

I often have a present for someone that's a little less than I would like to give them, so I wrap it in a bandana or scarf or teatowel, and I think the wrappings have been better enjoyed than the interior pretty often.

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