Fan-fare

It's time for the GOS challenge again. I didn't do the last one , as the chart didn't inspire any creativity in me at all.

As soon as I saw this one , it shouted out to me and I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

The chart is of three little flowers , which had to be embellished in the center , any way you chose , and the rest as they say ,was up to you. I looked at the chart and immediately thought "fan" , in red white and black. Originally I was going to do a hanging ornament ,which swiftly became two hanging ornaments and then changed completely to a needle book and fob lol.

The front and back of the needle book . I did the front in two strands , and the back in one strand .

The needle book opened out. The felt pages are actually red , but I just caught a bit of sunshine this morning when taking the pictures .

This is the back of the fob. Again I used two strands for the front and one for the back.

I used DMC 310 and 666 , and some scraps of aida from my stash , I think it's 16 count .

The fabric they are on is what I used for the inside of the book.

So , there you have it. The finishing is not perfect , but it's the first time I've done anything like this , and I'm quite pleased as they turned out pretty much as I'd hoped. It took a lot of time yesterday to do the finishing , then a mad dash to the local outlet mid afternoon , as I hadn't got any red felt , just blue and green LOL , but got there in the end.

Thanks for dropping by ,

Cath