Needle book- Detail part 2 October 12, 2009

2nd Section detail

2nd section front envelopes

top left envelope flap side

top left envelope front side embroidery

The top 2 buttons on this envelope are mother of pearl, the middle heart i am not sure is real metal. I enjoyed the story with Winston and Clementine Churchill. Winston’s parents were also in my love letters book, and i really wanted an envelope with them too, but he died young, and she remarried, and later research showed she was unfaithful while married to him. Nobody, and no story is perfect, so i’m sure there’s more to all of the stories i’ve chosen. However, i have chosen people and stories that have meaning to me. And yes, these needles are cross stitch needles!

top left envelope contents

middle left envelope flap side

middle left envelope front side

The top left button on this envelope is the same as the top section, top envelope right side button that didn’t come out in the picture- see the thistle? On the embroidery on the flap side, the red is supposed to be sealing wax, stamp, and sealed on the envelopes- the red is beads. On the candle, the yellow flame is beaded. Before y’all start critisizing my letters, i know. I know they look not so good, not the same size, etc. It was harder to do than i thought, perhaps a pattern would have helped. You can also see, especially on the whiter wool, where the transfer paper where i drew out my buttonholes, is left over. I am very disappointed about this, but i don’t know what else to do. I tested it lightly, but when i went to make the buttonhole, i couldn’t see it. So i ended up having to make more solid lines, and now they won’t come out. I guess it’ll wear off eventually, and you probly don’t even notice it unless i say something. But it does irk me.

bottom left envelope flap side

bottom left envelope front side embroidery

The button on the top left is one that i’ve held onto for a long time. The bigger black one is another glass one. The beads as the “ink” in the inkwell are the same hematite-look seed beads as the pen in the top section envelope.

bottom left envelope needlebook opened

See how the corners on this one are kinda folded and not nice and neat lookin’? Yeah, that’s cuz of my DUH mistake- the envelope has to be big enough UNDER the buttonholes for your contents- whatever size they are- to go into. This one just squeezes in. I’ve got all my large needles, upholstry needles, etc. in this needlebook. Some of them i have sewn in.

 

right side envelope

Originally, i’d planned to put scissors, maybe pens/pencils in this envelope, so i made it long. But i’ve changed my mind, if i put a pair of scissors in this thing, it’d be all cut up. So i’ll use this envelope either for more beaded wooden needle cases for the bead needles, or something like that. I also found a square plastic case, that fits inside this envelope, that i’d like to use for something. I haven’t quite figured out what to use it for yet, or how to decorate it, but i’m working on it.

And here’s the detail on the rose button. I love it!

Metal rose button

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