RED BOX

Here is one of the Treasure Boxes finished. Lined in a silk lining.

BUSY

Here are some larger 8x8 cm Treasure Boxes - nearly finished. Remind me of those Carpet Bags - lovely rich colours. The one at the end is made in a slightly different manner but I love the colours!

Treasure Boxes

I used the fabric I dyed yesterday to make some more of my treasure boxes. These are so exciting to make. A lovely mix of ribbons, ends of wool, sari ribbon and decorative machine stitching.
I make them in batches of three but each one is different.
I also did more of the Kool Aid dyeing, some lime green, black cherry, strawberry and grape. I am nearly at the stage of running out of dye. Good job one of the children is off to the States at the end of November! When the rest of the family came home yesterday the first question was - what had I been cooking. It led to disappointing faces when I said I had been colouring fabric!

I found these the other day in my stock! So gave them a bit of an upgrade and listed them on folksy.

I am glad I got the hen and duck houses painted yesterday, slower to heat up and not as warm today.

Now tomorrow I have set the morning aside to make a pair of curtains for my sister. Not a big project regarding size but big because we have chosen to put interlining in them and use those eyelets in the top. I can not and must not put this project off any longer!! No I have written it I am committed!