Swan Sewing Case and Accessaries By Keepsakes Stitches

I have just this moment completed the finishing touches to this set, and am very excited to be showing this finish.  It is a special gift for Heidi's mother in law called Cathy.  She has been very unwell all of a sudden, so prayers her way are very welcomed.  I wanted to make her something special, and as she loves swans, i couldnt resist but to stitch this up for her for a xmas gift for this year.  I have changed some of the shape of the design, and i made up the stitching tray all on my own, my own shape design, and i put it together my own way too.  I found it very difficult to make the hole in the handle section, and I also found it very difficult to get the fabric to stay turned inwards, but it came out ok.  If there is an other time that I would make another tray, i know how to better improve myself.  I think the tray turned out rather well. 

I absolutely luv the way the scissor case turned out, with all the stitching inside and outside and I placed a special matching scissor to go with the gift.  I luv the beads on the front, makes it look very femine to the eye.  The stitching seemed to have taken forever to do, there was a lot of it.  The entire thing took me about 2 months to complete.  I did grow tired of the stitching towards the end, but well worth the effort :o)  I added the ruched ribbon where ever possible, I feel it gives it a much prettier look to it, and also it helps to hide the seams.

The whole set is more pink than it shows in  the pictures, it was very difficult to capture the pinkness.

Pink is Cathy's favourite colour and I luv to stitch on pink :o)
It's amazing what can be accomplished with a bit of cardboard.

I hope you enjoy looking through the pictures.

Luv from Olga.