Lady's Necessaire Available Now...

Brynwood Needleworks Exclusive Lady's Necessaire For Sale

  I'm happy to offer this custom embroidered oak Lady's Necessaire for sale.The Necessaire is no longer available, and I only have this one in light oak. 

This is an elegant accessory to help keep your small stitching tools at hand. I've embroidered a custom rose design on linen fabric for the top, and then finished it with beautiful cording around the edge. This design is permanently mounted to the case.

 

The magnetic liner holds your pins, needles, and even a small scissors, threader or other small tool in place, and I've added a sweet embroidered cushion inside to use as a pincushion when you're stitching. Just place your open case next to your project, and you can park your pins and needles when you're not using them.

 

This is a one-of-a-kind Lady's Necessaire, so I won't be able to make another like it. I do have one more, larger Necessaire in dark cherry finish, waiting for a different embroidery design. It will not be available at this price.

Please contact me to purchase, and I will send the buyer a secure invoice via Square. The first person to claim it will be invoiced. If you're the second person to contact me regarding purchase, you'll be contacted if the first person doesn't complete the purchase. If the first person completes the purchase, the second person will be contacted first to be able to purchase the second (and last) one I'll be offering.

 

I'll also be sharing this offering in the Brynwood Needleworks Facebook group today, so if you're interested, please don't hesitate to contact me. (You can do so by going to the Brynwood Needleworks Facebook Group and sending me a private message.) Click HERE the link to my Facebook group. If we're friends on Facebook, you can also send me a private message there.

Thanks for looking. I'm baking bread today, and plan to start making those half-square triangles for A Penny Gathering, too. What's on your agenda?

UPDATE: SOLD, WITH MY GRATITUDE 7/21/21

Almost Finished...

Brynwood Needleworks - Roses Detail

 

I've been needle dancing again! 

 

I thought I'd share what I worked on yesterday. This is just a peek at a piece that will be available in a day or so. I'll make it available here and on FaceBook before listing it in my Etsy shop.

Brynwood Needleworks - Current Rose Project

I'll be adding cording around the outside edge of the embroidery, and add another small embroidery piece on the inside. I'll share the details on Wednesday. I'll likely have it finished by then.

Tag will be here tomorrow. Have a great Monday!

My Sit & Stitch Project...

Brynwood Needleworks - Embroidered Roses

 

Yesterday was spent with the ladies in our Sewcial Sisters group. I saw some pretty incredible completed quilts, and enjoyed the time we were together. Our friend, Kay, hosted the gathering at her home, and we got to see her sewing studio. I think it's one of the most enjoyable things about visiting the members' homes. So much inspiration!

 

I've been wanting to do a project like this for some time, stitching well-loved stitches in a new way. I've been watching a few German and Russian needle artists on Instagram, and knew I was going to make my own attempt.

Brynwood Needleworks - Roses and Hyacinth Detail

 

I'm not drawing anything out ahead of time. As with the embroidered strawberry sachets I stitch, I work freehand, following my muse. I'm using two strands of embroidery floss throughout. Here's a closeup of the embroidery.

Brynwood Needleworks - More To Go, But Progress So Far

I'm not finished yet, but I'm going to keep working on it until I am. I'm stitching on a vintage doily with a crocheted edge. When it's done, I think it will be a pretty piece on my vintage dressing table in our bedroom. 

 

I have about 13 hours into it already, and it will be fun to see how many hours I actually have into it at the end. For now, I'll just keep needle dancing and see where I get to from here.

Lo, How A Rose E're Blooming...

Christmas gifts have been shipped to family and now I have time to create

 the gifts that are on my list for special friends and family here at home.

I'm not going to mention the names of anyone in particular (like maybe the one I
mentioned in my blog post yesterday. shhhh!), but I decided that project would be
the first one I'd work on in the afternoon after everything else was delivered to the
post office. I told you I already had fabrics and embellishments planned in my mind.

It wasn't long before I had all my supplies pulled and was busy at my
machine. I sewed the basic design, and then I sat down to do my handwork.
I used silk ribbons for a sweet feminine touch and after I added a few more
adornments, I sat back to assess my finished efforts. I was pleased.

These gifties are going to be wrapped this morning and then they'll be on

their way to a certain "sparkle-ing" friend. I had a ball making them and

I hope that she's as tickled with her gifts as I am with the ones she sent to me.

As soon as I know she's received them, I'll share photos of the whole project.

I don't want to give away any more than a peek - just in case she stops by for a visit.

One more thing today - I'm not of the mind that December 21st is the end of
the world. I'm looking at that Mayan calendar like the odometer on a car.
When it gets to "999,999.9 miles", it flips over to all zeroes and starts again.

web image

 Besides, I have way too many ideas for projects that I intend to finish before
all the lights go out. I'll be back tomorrow and hope you'll be here, too.
I'd love for you to see what I have planned next.

A Gift From The Heart...

I spent the day working on a special gift for a special friend.

It's finished now, but I can't show you the whole

piece because I don't want to spoil the surprise.

Tiny silk roses, buds and hand stitched leaves. 

Needlework ruffles and colonial knots for good measure.

A small token of friendship from my heart to hers. 

It seems I always choose something made with my own two hands when I want to express appreciation, friendship or love. In a day and age when everything seems expendable, I choose to give a token that I hope will be held and remembered a long time from now...and that it will evoke

warmth in the heart of the person to whom the gift was given. Something that will be tucked away and saved, rather than tossed. 

This weekend is going to be so much fun. I'll be telling you all about it after the fact, but I promise that I won't make you wait too long. Perhaps I'll just drop hints until then...