Sea Turtle, Finished At Last

The purchased, pre-printed Sea Turtle needlepoint that started my whole needlepoint *thing*, has finally found its purpose! I decided to turn it into a needlework bag, and to do that, I used a photo/scan to have Spoonflower make matching fabrics (cotton and canvas). The custom fabrics picked up on the greens and yellows more than the blues, but that's okay.

The fabrics arrived yesterday. Here's what I did:

 The larger motif is the cotton for the lining, the smaller repeat is the canvas for the outer shell

Closer shot

The shell, assembled with quilted batting

The needlepoint canvas, appliqued to the front. Oh- I used a rectangle of plastic needlepoint canvas whip stitched in the bottom to give it a little bit of support.

Closeup of the quilted back

Lining, with pockets

Pocket divisions

Detail of needlepoint

Finished bag

The back

The lining.

I have enough canvas left to make a zipper pouch and maybe a drawstring project bag.

I do love my new sewing machine!

Leftie Begun

Behold Leftie #3- I'm using handspun cotton (the stuff I've been spinning with the tahkli, and yarn I had already spun on the wheel). I'm going to cycle through the various shades for the spacer sections. I doubt I have enough green spun up to do all of the *mini-feathers*, so I'll decide whether to use other colors or spin more when I get that far.

I'm enjoying knitting with this yarn, and so far, the shawl looks good.

I took more pics of Leftie #2 as well:

It looks pretty outside too. Soon it'll be sailing the Caribbean. Speaking of which, here's the Exclusive Wristlet design I'll be teaching on the ship:

The pattern will also have a fingerless mitten variation. Today, I'm working on another cruise class sample: a beaded lace wristlet. I'll post pics when I get it done, which has to be fairly soon because we sail in 20 days!!!!!