Finally Fully Finishing Fun for March

Hosted by Rachel the Ten Hour Stitcher

This SAL is designed to motivate us all to do something with that box of Finished pieces instead of just storing them under the bed.  We will all be linking up on Rachel's blog on or after the 10th of each month (10 Hour Stitcher - 10th of the month).

Last month I showed you the Just Nan Christmas Memories Ornament I had finished as a simple pillow with the intention of adding a trim to it.

Here is the pillow:

And here it is with the ruched ribbon trim:

Close-up of one corner:

What I did was to get a roll of ribbon and sew a running stitch down the middle of the ribbon with a matching thread colour.  I then ruched the ribbon still on the reel by pulling on the thread, ruching it towards the cut end.  I threaded a second needle with the same colour thread and stitched the cut end to the pillow.  Then I made small stitches to attach the ruched ribbon to the pillow.  As I progressed around the pillow, I did more running stitches with needle 1, then ruching, then attaching with needle 2.

It worked really well and it meant I didn't have to estimate how much ribbon I needed in advance, I simply kept unreeling it until it went all the way around.

It took me 90 minutes at my crafty coffee morning which I thought was a good use of the time.

The next two finishes are just framed pieces.  The frames are charity shop specials, painted with black emulusion and then varnished to make them shiny again.

First project is my Mirabilia Cameo from last year:

This is quite an ornate frame to suit the more ornate design:

The second frame is more plain and the design was finished back in 2013!

This was from Pixel Power although I can't find it on their website now.  The runes spell out Gandalf's speech while facing the Balrog on the bridge in the Mines of Moria - "You cannot pass.   I am a servant of the Secret Fire, Wielder of the Flame of Anor.  The Dark Fire will not avail you Flame of Udun.  Go back to the shadow.  L.O.T.R."  I charted those myself.

Because I broke the glass, I put some batting behind the fabric and made it slightly padded.

🐇 Good Friday - Friday 10th April 🐇

Finally, it's time to sign up for the Annual Easter Treasure Hunt.    If you would like to take part this year, just leave a comment here.  The week before Easter I will send you a letter of the alphabet which will form part of the mystery phrase.  On Good Friday you will post that letter along with a photo of something seasonal that you have stitched (could be Easter or Spring or just something cheerful and sunny or floral).  We all hop around like little bunnies to find the Mystery Phrase!

Here's a link to last year's hop so you can see how it all works - Easter Treasure Hunt Blog Hop 2019