Cross stitch thread winder pocket – 1

Now that I’ve finished the stumpwork Bride’s Bag, which was lovely to do but took absolutely AGES, I feel I want to make something simple but quick. I hadn’t done any cross stitch for months and months, so I sorted through my ‘kits waiting to be started’ drawer (quite a full drawer, that one), and dug out this kit:

It’s a little pocket for a vintage style thread winder – both kit and thread winder are sold by Just Nan (if you’re in the UK, then buy both from www.sewandso.co.uk, and save yourself a fortune on shipping from the USA!).

There are several styles of thread winder available (such as a cute owl, and an oval ornate pierced design), but each would  fit in the finished pocket. I chose the butterfly, as that’s what the image on the front of the kit showed, and I love butterflies.

The pocket measures about three inches square when finished, with a fold-out flap where you can keep a few needles. The kit contains the fabric ( a lovely pale green 28 count Zweigart fabric called ‘Angel Song’, with subtle twinkly bits woven in it), chart and instructions, some tiny beads, two press studs, a small piece of Weeks Dye Works wool fabric for the needle-holder flap, and a length of gorgeous overdyed silk thread in shades which vary from turquoise to fuchsia pink to jade green. What you need to supply are the ‘main’ threads – DMC shades are suggested, buy I prefer Anchor stranded cotton, as that’s what I use in the embroidery kits that I sell on my website, so I just took some colours from my own stock. You’ll also need a small piece of iron-on interfacing.

I started stitching from the bottom edge of the chart, and worked my way up. The design grows quite quickly, and there are only eleven shades, plus the variegated one, but they are used really skillfully in the design. The variegated thread is used for edging the design with one row of cross stitches, which pulls the whole design together, and is very effective.

It’s going to be a nice ‘quick project’ to complete  🙂

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